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MeSH Heading: Coinfection
Tree Number(s): C01.218
Unique ID: D060085
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D060085
Annotation: 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.
Entry Term(s): Co-infection; Mixed Infection; Polymicrobial Infection; Secondary Infection; Secondary Infections
Public MeSH Note: 2012
History Note: 2012
Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 2011/06/24
Revision Date: 2019/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0552827
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.
Terms: Coinfection Preferred Term
Term UI T782692
Date12/22/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Co-infection
Term UI T782693
Date12/22/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Mixed Infection
Term UI T782695
Date12/22/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Polymicrobial Infection
Term UI T782694
Date12/22/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012)

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