Concept information
Preferred term
Coinfection
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Co infection
- Co-infection
- Co-infections
- Infection, Mixed
- Infection, Polymicrobial
- Infections, Mixed
- Infections, Polymicrobial
- Mixed Infection
- Mixed Infections
- Polymicrobial Infection
- Polymicrobial Infections
Note
- coordinate with specific infections if pertinent
Scope note
- Simultaneous infection of a host organism by two or more pathogens. In virology, coinfection commonly refers to simultaneous infection of a single cell by two or more different viruses.
History note
- 2012
In other languages
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Finnish
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koinfektio
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koinfektiot
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yhteisinfektiot
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D060085
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