Open AccessPrevalence and Severity of New coronavirus Disease` Clinical Course among HIV-infected People in Comparison with General Population
Author(s) -
В. И. Сергевнин,
Е В Сармометов,
M. V. Rozhkova
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
èpidemiologiâ i vakcinoprofilaktika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2619-0494
pISSN - 2073-3046
DOI - 10.31631/2073-3046-2021-20-3-30-36
Subject(s) - covid-19 , medicine , population , viral load , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , coronavirus , disease , immunology , environmental health , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Relevance . The question about HIV-infected people as a risk group of morbidity and severe course of COVID-19 is still open. Aim of our scientific work is to determine the prevalence and severity of COVID-19` clinical course in HIV-infected people in comparison with the general population. Materials and methods . The information resources of COVID-19 registration in HIV-infected and HIV-negative people in Perm Region were studied for 2020. Results . The prevalence of COVID-19 among HIV-infected people is lower than among HIV-negative people. There were no significant differences in the severity of COVID-19 clinical course in HIV-infected and HIV-negative people. There was no statistically significant dependence of the severity of COVID-19 clinical course in HIV-infected patients on the number of CD4 + T cells and the degree of viral load. Conclusion . HIV-infected people are not a risk group of morbidity and severe course of COVID-19.