Definitions for "Coinfection"
Infection by more than one disease-causing virus or bacteria at the same time. People with hepatitis C, for example, are sometimes coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
condition in which a person is infected with both HIV and the hepatitis C virus
Infection with a virus when another infection is already present - hepatitis D, for example, only infects people who are already infected with hepatitis B.