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Tackling coinfections

Trends in Microbiology
Mechanistic understanding of the impact of coinfections is a critical knowledge gap. A workshop on coinfections highlighted key aspects required to advance this field, including identifying the coinfection priorities, creating research platforms for this type of research, promoting cross-expertise collaborations, and securing funding to support cross ...
Gordon D. Brown, Pablo R. Murcia, Andrew P. Waters, Jose Penades, Alberto Muñoz   +4 more
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Immune compromise in HIV-1/HTLV-1 coinfection with paradoxical resolution of CD4 lymphocytosis during antiretroviral therapy: a case report [PDF]

, 2015
Human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) and human T lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) infections have complex effects on adaptive immunity, with specific tropism for, but contrasting effects on, CD4 T lymphocytes: depletion with HIV-1, proliferation
Bangham, C, Basnayake, S, Cook, L, Kagdi, H, Pozniak, A, Rockwood, N, Taylor, GP   +6 more
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Infants hospitalized for Bordetella pertussis infection commonly have respiratory viral coinfections [PDF]

, 2017
Background: Whether viral coinfections cause more severe disease than Bordetella pertussis (B. pertussis) alone remains unclear. We compared clinical disease severity and sought clinical and demographic differences between infants with B.
Agricola, Eleonora, Buttinelli, Gabriele, Campagna, Ilaria, Carsetti, R., Concato, C., DI MATTIA, Greta, Fedele, Giorgio, Ferretti, Beatrice, Frassanito, Antonella, Gesualdo, Francesco, Gonfiantini, Michaela Veronika, Marcellini, Valentina, Midulla, Fabio, Nenna, Raffaella, Nicolai, Ambra, Pandolfi, Elisabetta, Pierangeli, Alessandra, Russo, Luisa, Schiavoni, I., Stefanelli, P., Tozzi, A. E., Vennarucci, Valentina Spuri, Villani, Alberto   +22 more
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Impact of HBV and HCV coinfection on CD4 cells among HIV-infected patients: a longitudinal retrospective study

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2018
Introduction: The impact of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection on CD4 cells in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is unclear.
Claudinei Mesquita da Silva, Leyde Daiane de Peder, Eraldo S Silva, Isolde Previdelli, Omar Cleo Neves Pereira, Jorge Juarez Vieira Teixeira, Dennis Armando Bertolini   +6 more
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Expansion of CD25-Negative Forkhead Box P3-Positive T Cells during HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection [PDF]

, 2017
Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV alter the immune system, and coinfected (HIV-TB) individuals usually present deregulations of T-lymphocytic immune response.
Ameri, Diego, Angerami, Matias, Ben, Graciela, Laufer, Natalia Lorna, Perez, Hector, Quiroga, María Florencia, Salomon, Horacio Eduardo, Sued, Omar Gustavo, Suárez, Guadalupe Verónica, Vecchione, María Belén   +9 more
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The influence of hepatitis B virus on antiviral treatment with interferon and ribavirin in Asian patients with hepatitis C virus/hepatitis B virus coinfection: a meta-analysis

Virology Journal, 2012
Background Clinical and laboratory studies have indicated that coinfection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) can suppress one another, eliciting a dominant disease phenotype. To assess whether HBV can influence the antiviral effect
Liu Jun-Ying, Sheng Yun-Jian, Hu Huai-Dong, Zhong Qing, Wang Jing, Tong Shi-Wen, Zhou Zhi, Zhang Da-Zhi, Hu Peng, Ren Hong   +9 more
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Coinfection of leprosy and tuberculosis [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2018
Leprosy and tuberculosis (TB) are endemic to India, however, their coinfection is not frequently encountered in clinical practice. Here, we report a 32-year-old female patient who presented with a history of high-grade intermittent fever, cough and painless skin lesions since a month, along with bilateral claw hand (on examination).
Seema Shetty, Shashikiran Umakanth, Bhawani Manandhar, Pankaj Bahadur Nepali   +3 more
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Peroxidase‐Mimicking Nanozymes for Rapid Detection of Infectious Diseases

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Peroxidase‐mimicking nanozymes (PMNs) have emerged as robust and versatile materials for rapid infectious disease diagnostics. This review highlights the rational design and controlled synthesis of PMNs, summarizes key biomarkers relevant to infectious diseases, examines their integration into diverse rapid detection platforms, and highlights ...
Shikuan Shao, Victor Fernandez‐Gonzalez, Xiaochuan Wang, Blake Pylipow, Claudia Herrera, Xiaohu Xia   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Narrative review of factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 coinfection in Middle Eastern countries and the need to vaccinate against preventable diseases

Journal of Infection and Public Health
This review evaluated the frequency of, and outcomes associated with, bacterial, fungal, and viral coinfection with SARS-CoV-2 in Middle Eastern countries via a PubMed search through February 2023. Ninety articles reported bacterial (n = 57), fungal (n = 
Majid Alshamrani, Fayssal Farahat, Ali Albarrak, Aiman El-Saed, Atef M. Shibl, Ziad A. Memish, Mostafa Mousa, Hammam Haridy, Abdulhakeem Althaqafi   +8 more
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The Prevalence and Impact of Coinfection and Superinfection on the Severity and Outcome of COVID-19 Infection: An Updated Literature Review

Pathogens, 2022
Patients with viral illness are at higher risk of secondary infections—whether bacterial, viral, or parasitic—that usually lead to a worse prognosis.
Samya A. Omoush, Jihad A. M. Alzyoud
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