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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. pathological processes and conditions
  3. infection
  4. superinfection

Preferred term

superinfection

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information When an organism infected with a microbe becomes infected with a second, different strain of same microbe. The newly acquired strain is no more susceptible to the drugs originally used for the treatment of primary infection caused by the original strain.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Concept scheme: NALT Full

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • super-infection

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/266335

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