verb
- to infect a host organism or cell simultaneously with two or more pathogens or viruses
Usage: medical/scientific term; transitive verb
Examples
- Patients coinfected with HIV and tuberculosis require specialized treatment protocols.
- The study examined how viruses coinfect the same respiratory cells.
- Mosquitoes can coinfect humans with dengue and Zika virus simultaneously.
- When bacteria coinfect a wound, the infection becomes more difficult to treat.
- Researchers discovered that the two pathogens coinfect the liver tissue in severe cases.