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J Med Virol
. 2020 Jun 15.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.26178. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19 in 3 People Living With HIV in the United Kingdom
Jessica M Toombs[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Koenraad Van den Abbeele[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jane Democratis[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Rhona Merricks[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Amit K J Mandal[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Constantinos G Missouris[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
We would like to report the clinical characteristics of 3 people living with HIV (PLWH) in the United Kingdom within the context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Our institution serves a population of 500,000 with a prevalence of HIV at 0.34%. At of the time of writing, 5[SUP]th[/SUP] June 2020, only 3 PLWH tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on nasopharyngeal swab specimen using Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) have required admission to hospital. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Keywords: COVID-19; HIV; PLWH; antiretroviral therapy; morbidity; mortality.
. 2020 Jun 15.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.26178. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19 in 3 People Living With HIV in the United Kingdom
Jessica M Toombs[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Koenraad Van den Abbeele[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jane Democratis[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Rhona Merricks[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Amit K J Mandal[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Constantinos G Missouris[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32542706
- DOI: 10.1002/jmv.26178
Abstract
We would like to report the clinical characteristics of 3 people living with HIV (PLWH) in the United Kingdom within the context of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Our institution serves a population of 500,000 with a prevalence of HIV at 0.34%. At of the time of writing, 5[SUP]th[/SUP] June 2020, only 3 PLWH tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) on nasopharyngeal swab specimen using Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) have required admission to hospital. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Keywords: COVID-19; HIV; PLWH; antiretroviral therapy; morbidity; mortality.