HIV and SARS CoV‐2 coinfection: A retrospective, record‐based, case series from South India.

Autor: Marimuthu, Janakiram, Kumar, Bubby S., Gandhi P., Aravind
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Zdroj: Journal of Medical Virology; Jan2021, Vol. 93 Issue 1, p163-165, 3p
Abstrakt: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is wreaking havoc across the world, with 10 021 401 cases and 499 913 deaths reported as on 29 June 2020.1 With 37.9 million people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (PLHA) around the world, it is one of the comorbidities to be looked in relation with COVID-19, as the infected are immunodeficient. The data of the HIV-COVID-19 patients, treated and discharged, till 10th June 2020, were collected using a data extraction sheet from the records of the COVID-19 designated hospitals across the state. Five patients were on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), one patient was antiretroviral therapy (ART) naïve. [Extracted from the article]
Databáze: Complementary Index