单词 | coinfection |
释义 | coinfectionn. 1. The simultaneous presence in a person, animal, or plant of two or more different kinds or strains of microorganism, parasite, or virus; an instance of this. Sometimes spec.: the onset of two infections at more or less the same time.In the spec. sense, contrasted with superinfection (superinfection n. 1), in which one infection has become established before the onset of the next. Π 1872 J. Simon in First Rep. Local Governm. Board 1871–2 p. lviii in Parl. Papers (C. 516) XXVIII. 1 Some cases of co-infection of syphilis and cow-pox..came to the knowledge of the medical department. 1903 Trans. Associated Physicians Long Island 4 45 It simply shows there are cases where the plasmodium may be present, and it may be a co-infection. 1933 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 12 Aug. 288/2 Dr. Pollock drew attention to the fact that they [sc. diphtheria bacilli] were often present in cases of measles and scarlet fever as a coinfection. 1970 P. D. Turner in T. A. Toussoun et al. Root Dis. & Soil-borne Pathogens vii. 194/2 This disease [sc. blast disease], which is brought about by co-infection of the fleshy feeding roots by species of Pythium (the primary invader) and Rhizoctonia..has been responsible for extremely serious losses of up to 80% of the nursery. 1992 H. E. Gendelman & P. S. Morahan in C. E. Lewis & J. O'D. McGee Macrophage iv. 192 Co-infection with herpes simplex virus (HSV), cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), are [sic] commonly found in people with, or at risk for, AIDS. 2022 MailOnline (Nexis) 6 Jan. I would be surprised if the current number of flu and Covid co-infections was below a thousand. 2. Virology. Simultaneous or sequential infection of a cell with two or more different viruses or strains of virus, esp. as an experimental technique; an instance of this.Sequential infection of this kind is also called superinfection (superinfection n. 2). Π 1958 J. W. Drake Intracellular Interactions Polioviruses (Ph.D. thesis, Calif. Inst. Technol.) 13 Coinfection of monkey cells by hr and hs [poliovirus types] (heat resistant and heat sensitive respectively) led to heavy reduction of hr genotype yields, even when the hr type was adsorbed 30 minutes earlier. 1984 M. J. Taussig Processes in Pathol. & Microbiol. (ed. 2) iii. 246 They can be rescued by co-infection with a simian papovavirus (SV40) or a simian adenovirus, which act as helpers. 2006 R. L. Ward et al. in S. K. Tyring Mucosal Immunol. & Virol. iv. 58 Co-infection of cells with more than one virus permits reassortment of plus strand RNAs from both parents [sc. rotaviruses]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.1872 |
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