Table 2Reported examples of polymicrobial diseases

ExampleReference(s) for disease
Agents of polyviral diseases
 Bovine viral diarrhea virus and transmissible gastroenteritis virus185
 Bovine viral diarrhea virus and bovine coronavirus1
 Cytopathic bovine viral diarrhea virus and noncytopathic bovine viral diarrhea virus19
 Epstein-Barr virus and retrovirus77
 Hepatitis B, C, and D viruses47, 117, 189
 HTLV-1, HTLV-2, and/or HIV-1 or HIV-274, 106, 152, 172
 Hepatitis B or C virus and HIV-15, 8
 Porcine circovirus type 2 and epidemic diarrhea virus82
 Porcine circovirus type 2 and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus2
 Porcine circovirus type 2 and porcine parvovirus3, 97
 Small round virus and turkey coronavirus139, 188
Agents of polybacterial diseases
Bacteroides spp., Clostridium spp., Escherichia coli, Fusobacterium spp., Klebsiella pneumoniae, Peptostreptococcus spp., Porphyromonas spp., Prevotella spp., Propionibacterium acnes, Proteus spp., Pseudomonas spp., Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus spp2732, 65, 112
Branhamella ovis and Mycoplasma conjunctivae53
Bordetella pertussis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, S. aureus, Haemophilus influenzae171
 Multiple Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae genotypes40
 Multiple Dichelobacter nodosus genotypes89
 Multiple Haemobartonella felis genotypes181
Polymicrobial diseases involving viruses and bacteria
 Bovine shipping fever4, 47, 67
 Bovine viral diarrhea virus and Salmonella enterica serovar Dublin or S. enterica serovar Typhimurium186
 Herpes simplex virus, Streptococcus epidermidis, and Fusarium solani75
 HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis46, 154
 Influenza virus and S. aureus38
 Norwalk-like virus and Aeromonas sobria16
 Norwalk-like virus and E. coli16
 Hemorrhagic enteritis virus and E. coli129, 135
 Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus and Haemophilus parasuis163
 Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae168
 Turkey coronavirus and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli76
 Varicella-zoster virus and Streptococcus pyogenes103
Polymicrobial diseases involving fungi and parasites
Candida albicans and oral streptococci132
C. albicans and S. aureus120
Candida dubliniensis and Fusobacterium nucleatum88
Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium muris169
Dictyocaulus spp. and gastrointestinal nematodes84
 HIV and C. albicans175
 Lyme disease and babesiosis101
Nocardia asteroides and Cryptococcus neoformans155
Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni61
Polymicrobial diseases as a result of microbe-induced immunosuppression
 Infectious bursal disease virus149, 157, 158
 Hemorrhagic enteritis virus140, 141, 149
 Chicken anemia virus146
 Avian leukosis virus62
 Reticuloendotheliosis virus62
 Avian reovirus157
 Avian S. enterica serovar Typhimurium80
 Border disease virus151
 Bovine respiratory syncytial virus95, 96
 Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus57
Ehrlichia phagocytophila102
 Bovine viral diarrhea virus34, 85, 138
 HIV and Histoplasma capsulatum78

From: Chapter 1, Polymicrobial Diseases of Animals and Humans

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