Coinfection with influenza A virus enhances SARS-CoV-2 infectivity

Coinfection with influenza A virus enhances SARS-CoV-2 infectivity

Coinfection with influenza A virus enhances SARS-CoV-2 infectivity

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Abstract/ Significance:

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. Moreover, such enhancement of SARS-CoV-2 infectivity was not observed with several other respiratory viruses, likely due to a unique feature of IAV to elevate ACE2 expression. This study illustrates that IAV has a unique ability to aggravate SARS-CoV-2 infection, and thus, prevention of IAV infection is of great significance during the COVID-19 pandemic.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]

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In this study, K18-hACE2 transgenic mice from GemPharmatech (strain ID, T037657) was used to study tudy the interaction between influenza A virus (IAV) and SARS-CoV-2 in vivo.

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DOI:

10.1007/s13770-021-00352-1.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]

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