HBV/HDV Coinfection

REOVIRUS GROWTH INHIBITION BY ROTAVIRUS FOLLOWING COINFECTION

Hiv/hcv Coinfection

Gazeta Médica da Bahia 2009;79 (Supl.2):24-27 © 2009 Gazeta Médica da Bahia. Todos os direitos reservados. Epidemiology Around one third of HIV patients worldwide suffer from chronic hepatitis C (HCV). HIV and HCV are transmitted by percutaneous exposure to contaminated blood, through sexual intercourse, and to a lesser extent, from mother to infant. The prevalence of HCV infection varies with ...

The Complication of Coinfection

Infectious disease remains one of the largest burdens on humankind. Even with modern medical and public health standards, infectious disease remained the No. 1 killer worldwide at the turn of the century. Often, the most costly disease burdens come from multiple infections at once, i.e., coinfection. Influenza, an annual infection often considered relatively harmless, can increase susceptibilit...

Leishmaniasis and AIDS coinfection*

Cutaneous leishmaniasis and HIV coinfection has been reported in Brazil since the initial description of AIDS in the country. We report an HIV-positive patient under antiretroviral treatment who presented with cutaneous leishmaniasis which was successfully treated with meglumine antimoniate.

Coinfection: Doing the Math

Coinfection of hosts with more than one microorganism is ubiquitous in natural systems, but its ef ects are not simple. Upon coinfection with multiple parasites (def ned here as infectious organisms that cause harm to their hosts), a range of within-host outcomes may occur, including host pathological changes and immune responses as well as ef ects on the individual parasites (Fig. 1). Some out...