conclusions hcv coinfection, older age and ast were associated with lf in patients with hiv infection. objectives the aim of this cross-sectional study was to identify factors associated with liver fibrosis (lf) in patients with hiv monoinfection and hiv-hcv coinfection. patients and methods we analyzed lf by transient elastometry ([te], fibroscan) in three groups of patients (hiv, hiv-hcv and ...

Background: HBV and HCV coinfection is common, particularly in endemic areas and among high risk groups. In this study we have investigated the prevalence of HBV/HCV coinfection and compared the biochemical and serological characteristics of such patients compare with the patients having hepatitis C infection alone. Methods: We studied 207 patients diagnosed as having chronic hepatitis C, with ...

AIM Coinfecting bacterial pathogens are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in influenza. However, there remains a paucity of literature on the magnitude of coinfection in influenza patients. METHOD A systematic search of MeSH, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, SCOPUS, EMBASE, and PubMed was performed. Studies of humans in which all individuals had laboratory confirmed influenza, and all...

On behalf of my coauthors, I thank Dr. Drayman for his interest in our recent paper in which we examined whether plaques can contain more than one parental virus (1). We found that a small percentage of plaques (5 to 7%) contain multiple parental viruses, and we concluded that virion aggregation contributes to chimeric plaque formation. In a distinct flow cytometry-based assay that used a highe...

Both malaria and intestinal helminths are endemic in Sub-Saharan Africa, and their coinfection occurs commonly. Few studies have assessed the occurrence of malaria and intestinal helminth coinfection in pregnancy and its risk factors. This study assessed the prevalence of coinfection in a sample of over 700 pregnant women in Ghana, and identified risk factors for coinfection. A cross-sectional ...

Infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is commonly seen in persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, because the viruses share risk factors for transmission; coinfection is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among HIV-infected persons. Neuropsychological consequences of HIV infection are well established, and studies of HCV-infected persons have revealed neuropsychiatri...

Introduction Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) is a major coinfection in HIV infected patients and it has emerged as an important cause of morbidity and mortality in this group since the start of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART). HIV/HBV coinfection prevalence varies by geographic region even within the same country. In Botswana the coinfection prevalence data is very sparse and what is repor...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Coinfection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae is not uncommon in children with respiratory syndromes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of bacterial and viral coinfection on mycoplasmal pneumonia in hospitalized children with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). METHODS Children coinfected with M. pneumoniae in a prospective study of the etiology of CAP at a ter...

BACKGROUND Malaria and AIDS represent 2 leading causes of death from infectious diseases worldwide, and their high geographic overlap means coinfection is prevalent. It remains unknown whether distinct immune responses during coinfection with malaria and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) affect clinical outcomes. METHODS We tested this hypothesis by employing macaque models of coinfection wi...

Abstract Background Although Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of the common pathogens in children with pertussis and viral coinfection, clinical impact RSV infection on remains unclear. We compared characteristics sought differences between infants single Bordetella ( B. ) those coinfection. Methods enrolled 80 patients who were hospitalized Shenzhen Children’s Hospital from January 201...