SARS-CoV-2 infection does not induce HIV viral escape in the central nervous system: A case series
Author(s) -
Carmela Pinnetti,
Alessandra Vergori,
Chiara Agrati,
Concetta Castilletti,
Paolo Campioni,
Roberta Gagliardini,
Annalisa Mondi,
Stefania Notari,
Alessandra Amendola,
Stefania Cicalini,
Francesco Baldini,
Maria Rosaria Capobianchi,
Andrea Antinori
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.040
Subject(s) - coinfection , central nervous system , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virology , covid-19 , viral replication , medicine , immunology , biology , virus , pathology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
We report two cases of HIV positive patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection and a recent diagnosis of opportunistic infections of central nervous system (CNS). We investigated the potential impact of coinfection with SARS-CoV-2 on HIV replication in CNS.
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