The impact of co-infection of influenza A virus on the severity of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
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2017-05
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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).
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Alfaraj, 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.2017.02.001
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