Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2017 May;74(5):521-523.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2017.02.001. Epub 2017 Feb 9.

The impact of co-infection of influenza A virus on the severity of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

Sarah H Alfaraj  1 , Jaffar A Al-Tawfiq  2 , Nojoom A Alzahrani  3 , Talal A Altwaijri  4 , Ziad A Memish  5
Affiliations
Case Reports

The impact of co-infection of influenza A virus on the severity of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

Sarah H Alfaraj et al. J Infect. 2017 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: Co-infection; Influenza; MERS-CoV; Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
A chest radiograph showing bilateral diffuse opacities.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Ho A., Aston S.J., Mitchell T., Alaerts M., Menyere M., Mallewa J. The impact of HIV on the burden and severity of influenza illness in Malawian adults: the bash-flu study. J Infect. 2015;71:687–688. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Assiri A., Al-Tawfiq J.A., Al-Rabeeah A.A., Al-Rabiah F.A., Al-Hajjar S., Al-Barrak A. Epidemiological, demographic, and clinical characteristics of 47 cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease from Saudi Arabia: a descriptive study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2013;13:752–761. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Corman V.M., Müller M.A., Costabel U., Timm J., Binger T., Meyer B. Assays for laboratory confirmation of novel human coronavirus (hCoV-EMC) infections. Euro Surveill. 2012;17:49. - PubMed
    1. Health Protection Agency (HPA) UK Novel Coronavirus Investigation team Evidence of person-to-person transmission within a family cluster of novel coronavirus infections, United Kingdom, February 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18:20427. - PubMed
    1. Cunha B.A., Dumont M., Abruzzo E. An adult returned traveler from Dubai hospitalized with an influenza-like illness (ILI): Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) or influenza? Infection control implications from a near MERS case. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015;36:858–860. - PubMed

MeSH terms

Substances