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Viral Co-infection in COVID-19: Prevalence and Clinical Associations of Human Pegivirus

2026-02-09 infectious diseases Title + abstract only
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ObjectiveThis study investigates the prevalence of human pegivirus (HPgV) in SARS-CoV-2-positive patients within the context of viral co-infections that may modulate COVID-19 outcomes and assesses whether HPgV co-infection is associated with COVID-19 severity. HPgV is a widely circulating but rarely monitored human virus with documented immunomodulatory effects in other viral infections, including HIV and Ebola. While HPgV prevalence is low in the general U.S. population (1-2%), it rises markedl...

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