Superinfection

In a Healio video exclusive, Edward V. Loftus Jr., MD, warned that, despite being the smallest virus capable of causing human disease, hepatitis delta virus holds an outsized global impact as the most severe form of viral hepatitis.

Bacterial superinfection was present at the time of intubation in 21% of patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia, according to new research published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Donor-derived HIV superinfection “might not be a significant clinical concern” in transplants between people with HIV if the organ recipient is well monitored and virally suppressed on ART, researchers reported in The Lancet HIV.