superinfection
IPA: supɝɪnfˈɛkʃʌn
noun
- An infection which follows or occurs during another infection or disease process
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Examples of "superinfection" in Sentences
- This process is also known as superinfection.
- A dry soft tissue mass often forms and superinfection is rare.
- Costs and benefits of a superinfection of facultative symbionts in aphids.
- These are provided by superinfection of the phagemid host by a 'helper' phage.
- I'm deleting the superinfection references as it is not relevant to dengue ADE.
- BZLF1 protein expression was observed only at 168 hours post CMV superinfection.
- But it's usually the superinfection that sort of tails along behind the H1N1, the bacteria, staph-like bacteria.
- Persons with chronic hepatitis B virus infection who acquire hepatitis D virus superinfection will usually develop chronic hepatitis D virus infection.
- If more than one virus enters the cell, it would be a waste, as only one can replicate once inside, and many viruses have ways to prevent this "superinfection".
- Some of these effects like damage to the kidneys and hearing were caused by early manufacturing impurities, but others rare adverse effects like anaphylaxis, red man syndrome and superinfection still remain.
- She tells me that I have had a viral infection, and a bacterial superinfection; I am not in danger of getting pneumonia or anything worse, but I must drink plenty of fluids, and not so much coffee and alcohol.
- People with hepatitis B virus infection may contract hepatitis D virus at the same time (co-infection), or can contract hepatitis D virus after already developing chronic hepatitis B virus infection (superinfection).
- Removing CD4 from the cell surface prevents superinfection (more than one virus infecting the same cell) and helps prevent newly released viruses from turning around and infecting the same cell (also prevented by an HIV maturation step involving protease).
- It is clear that this anti-parasite treatment can result in improvement of patients 'elephantiasis and hydrocoele (especially in the early stages of disease), but the most significant treatment advance to alleviate the suffering of those with elephantiasis has come from recognizing that much of the progression in pathology results from bacterial and fungal "superinfection" of tissues with compromised lymphatic function caused by earlier filarial infection.