Viral Coinfection among COVID-19 Patient Groups: An Update Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Biomed Res Int
; 2021: 5313832, 2021.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1394270
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Coinfections have a potential role in increased morbidity and mortality rates during pandemics. Our investigation is aimed at evaluating the viral coinfection prevalence in COVID-19 patients.METHODS:
We systematically searched scientific databases, including Medline, Scopus, WOS, and Embase, from December 1, 2019, to December 30, 2020. Preprint servers such as medRxiv were also scanned to find other related preprint papers. All types of studies evaluating the viral coinfection prevalence in COVID-19 patients were considered. We applied the random effects model to pool all of the related studies.RESULTS:
Thirty-three studies including 10484 patients were identified. The viral coinfection estimated pooled prevalence was 12.58%; 95% CI 7.31 to 18.96). Blood viruses (pooled prevalence 12.48%; 95% CI 8.57 to 16.93) had the most frequent viral coinfection, and respiratory viruses (pooled prevalence 4.32%; 95% CI 2.78 to 6.15) had less frequent viral coinfection. The herpesvirus pooled prevalence was 11.71% (95% CI 3.02 to 24.80). Also, the maximum and minimum of viral coinfection pooled prevalence were in AMRO and EMRO with 15.63% (95% CI 3.78 to 33.31) and 7.05% (95% CI 3.84 to 11.07), respectively.CONCLUSION:
The lowest rate of coinfection belonged to respiratory viruses. Blood-borne viruses had the highest coinfection rate. Our results provide important data about the prevalence of blood-borne viruses among COVID-19 patients which can be critical when it comes to their treatment procedure.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Coinfection
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
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Reviews
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Biomed Res Int
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
2021
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