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    The impact of co-infection of influenza A virus on the severity of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
    (Elsevier, 2017-05) Alfaraj, Sarah H.; Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A.; Alzahrani, Nojoom A.; Altwaijri, Talal A.; Memish, Ziad A.; Medicine, School of Medicine
    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).