Medical term:

coinfection


coinfection

 [ko´in-fek″shun]
simultaneous infection by separate pathogens, as by hepatitis B and hepatitis D viruses.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
The simultaneous presence of 2 or more infections, which may increase the severity and duration of one or both
Examples Babesiosis/Lyme disease; syphilis/HIV
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coinfection

The simultaneous presence of 2 or more infections, which may ↑ disease severity and duration
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

co·in·fec·tion

(kō'in-fek'shŭn)
Concurrent infection by two or more pathogens.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

Coinfection

Invasion of the body by two viruses at about the same time.
Mentioned in: Hepatitis D
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

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