Viral Co-infection in COVID-19: Prevalence and Clinical Associations of Human Pegivirus
This study identifies human pegivirus as a widely circulating, unmonitored viral co-infection in COVID-19 with potential relevance to disease severity.
Authors
- Mathieu Garand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4243-853X)
- Pranav Kumar Prabhakar Kirti
- Grace L. Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2666-0635)
- Jack Stapleton
- Ching Ching Zhang
Institutions
- Veterans Health Administration (US)
- Iowa Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center (US)
- Department of Veterans Affairs (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- medRxiv
- Published
- 2026-02-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.06.26344215
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory viral infections research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences
- Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center
- St. Louis Children's Hospital
- National Institutes of Health
- National Cancer Institute