Open AccessCOVID-19 Susceptibility and Outcomes Among People Living With HIV in San Francisco
Author(s) -
Darpun Sachdev,
Elise S. Mara,
Ling Hsu,
Susan Scheer,
George W Rutherford,
Wayne Enanoria,
Monica Gandhi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0000000000002531
Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , covid-19 , public health , incidence (geometry) , gerontology , demography , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , disease , family medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , physics , sociology , optics
Studies to examine whether HIV predisposes to a higher incidence of COVID-19 or more severe disease are accumulating. Initial studies from New York City suggested more severe disease among people living with HIV (PLWH), but this was during a time when hospitals were over-capacity and health systems stretched. This report presents the incidence and outcomes among PLWH with COVID-19 in San Francisco over the first 6 months of the pandemic.