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Review
. 2020 Sep 3;16(9):e1008790.
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008790. eCollection 2020 Sep.

Coinfections in wildlife: Focus on a neglected aspect of infectious disease epidemiology

Axel O G Hoarau  1 , Patrick Mavingui  1 , Camille Lebarbenchon  1
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Coinfections in wildlife: Focus on a neglected aspect of infectious disease epidemiology

Axel O G Hoarau et al. PLoS Pathog. .
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Fig 1. The importance of coinfection in wild hosts.
(A) Coinfections are defined by the presence of at least two genetically different infectious agents in the same host: infectious agents of different taxonomic levels (e.g., bacterium and virus) but also genetic variants of the same infectious agent (e.g., virus genotypes). (B) Coinfection is the rule in all living communities and prevalence can be high in vertebrate animals. (C) Coinfection can impact host fitness. (D) The importance of coinfection in zoonoses emergence processes remains to be fully assessed.
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