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Author: Bai, Lei; Zhao, Yongliang; Dong, Jiazhen; Liang, Simeng; Guo, Ming; Liu, Xinjin; Wang, Xin; Huang, Zhixiang; Sun, Xiaoyi; Zhang, Zhen; Dong, Lianghui; Liu, Qianyun; Zheng, Yucheng; Niu, Danping; Xiang, Min; Song, Kun; Ye, Jiajie; Zheng, Wenchao; Tang, Zhidong; Tang, Mingliang; Zhou, Yu; Shen, Chao; Dai, Ming; Zhou, Li; Chen, Yu; Yan, Huan; Lan, Ke; Xu, Ke
Title: Co-infection of influenza A virus enhances SARS-CoV-2 infectivity
  • Cord-id: q2i328sz
  • Document date: 2020_10_14
  • ID: q2i328sz
    Snippet: 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 co-infection of IAV with either pseudotyped or SARS-CoV-2 live virus, we found that IAV pre-infection significantly promoted the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 in a broad range of cell types. Remarkably, increased SARS-CoV-2 viral load and more severe lung damage were observed in mice co-infected with IAV in vivo. Moreover, such enhanc
    Document: 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 co-infection of IAV with either pseudotyped or SARS-CoV-2 live virus, we found that IAV pre-infection significantly promoted the infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 in a broad range of cell types. Remarkably, increased SARS-CoV-2 viral load and more severe lung damage were observed in mice co-infected with IAV in vivo. Moreover, such enhancement of SARS-CoV-2 infectivity was not seen with several other viruses probably due to a unique IAV segment as an inducer to elevate ACE2 expression. This study illustrates that IAV has a special nature to aggravate SARS-CoV-2 infection, and prevention of IAV is of great significance during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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