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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Bai L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7890106 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cell research 20210218 4
The upcoming flu season in the Northern Hemisphere merging with the current COVID-19 pandemic raises a potentially severe threat to public health. Through experimental coinfection with influenza A virus (IAV) and either pseudotyped or live SARS-CoV-2 virus, we found that IAV preinfection significantly promoted the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 in a broad range of cell types. Remarkably, in vivo, increased SARS-CoV-2 viral load and more severe lung damage were observed in mice coinfected with IAV. Mo ...[more]