BACKGROUND Previous studies in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)/HIV coinfection have shown that the presence of GBV-C is associated with significantly less compensated and decompensated cirrhosis, and an improvement in cirrhosis-free survival. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to describe the effect of GBV-C in patients with chronic hepatitis C and HIV coinfection. PATIENTS AND METHODS We re...

Abstract Secondary Streptococcus pneumoniae (Spn) infection is commonly associated with increased hospitalization and death following seasonal influenza virus infection. The animal models of A (IAV) secondary Spn coinfection have described the morbidity mortality leading to several proposed mechanisms enhanced disease. Influenza B (IBV) causes 25% cases bacterial coinfection, yet little known a...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and/or hepatitis B virus (HBV) coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has a greater risk of mortality than either HCV or HBV infection alone and is frequently associated with hepatitis flares after antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation. METHODS We performed a retrospective cohort study of 287 HIV-positive persons coinfected with HBV and/or HCV...

We synthesized evidence on the influence of SARS-CoV-2 coinfection (Coinfection Review ) and its management (Clinical Management treatment outcomes among people with tuberculosis (TB) disease. systematically searched literature from 1 January 2020 to 6 February 2022. Primary included: unfavorable TB Clinical and/or severe or critical COVID-19 death ). Study quality was assessed Newcastle Ottawa...

To clarify the influence that a recently identified SEN virus (SENV) has on hepatitis C virus (HCV) response to therapy with interferon plus ribavirin, 2 SENV variants, SENV-D and SENV-H, were studied in 100 patients with chronic hepatitis C; 57 of these patients were positive for SENV-D/H DNA, and there were no differences, in clinicopathological features, between patients with and without SEN...

background: enteric viruses, particularly human rotavirus and norovirus, have been shown to replace bacteria and parasites, as the most common pathogens responsible for acute diarrhea. however, there are still few epidemiological data on the simultaneous occurrence of these viruses in iran. in this regard, the aim of this study was to assess the useful epidemiological data on the gastroenteriti...

BACKGROUND This is the first study reporting the epidemiological and molecular characterization of HCV/HIV coinfection in the central region of Argentina. METHOD Cross-sectional, epidemiological study (2003-2004). STATISTICS multivariate logistic regression analysis. RESULTS The incidence of HCV/HIV coinfection was 12.3%. HCV genotype 1 was the most prevalent (73%). Intravenous drug use w...

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...

The plaque assay is a common technique used to measure virus concentrations and is based upon the principle that each plaque represents a single infectious unit. As such, the number of plaques is expected to correlate linearly with the virus dilution plated, and each plaque should be formed by a single founder virus. Here, we examined whether more than one virus can contribute to plaque formati...

BACKGROUND Pneumonia is the leading risk factor of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). It is increasing studies in patients with pneumonia to reveal that coinfection with viral and bacterial infection can lead to poorer outcomes than no coinfection. This study evaluated the role of coinfection identified through bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) examination on the outcomes of pneumonia-relat...