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coinfection
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Coinfection
In
parasitology
,
coinfection
is the simultaneous
infection
of a
host
by multiple
pathogen
species
. In
virology
, coinfection includes simultaneous infection of a single
cell
by two or more
virus
particles. An example is the coinfection of
liver
cells with
Hepatitis B virus
and
Hepatitis D virus
, which can arise incrementally by initial infection followed by
superinfection
.
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