coinfection

coinfection
co·in·fec·tion .kō-in-'fek-shən n concurrent infection of a cell or organism with two microorganisms <pneumonia caused by \coinfection with an orthomyxovirus and a streptococcus>
co·in·fect -'fekt vt

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co·in·fec·tion (koґin-fek″shən) simultaneous infection by separate pathogens, as by hepatitis B and hepatitis D viruses.

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