Alfaraj, Sarah H.Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A.Alzahrani, Nojoom A.Altwaijri, Talal A.Memish, Ziad A.2020-05-152020-05-152017-05Alfaraj, S. H., Al-Tawfiq, J. A., Alzahrani, N. A., Altwaijri, T. A., & Memish, Z. A. (2017). The impact of co-infection of influenza A virus on the severity of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus. Journal of Infection, 74(5), 521-523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2017.02.001https://hdl.handle.net/1805/22774This article is made available for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.Ho and colleagues recently drew attention to the consequences of co-infection with Influenza and HIV.1 We present four cases of combined infection with influenza and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection. Nasopharyngeal swabs or tracheal aspirates were tested for MERS-CoV using real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).2, 3 Samples were tested for Influenza A, B and H1N1 by rapid molecular test (GenEXper for detection of flu A, B and 2009 H1N1, Cepheid).enPublisher PolicyThis article is made available for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.Middle East Respiratory Syndrome CoronavirusMERS-CoVinfluenzaArticle