Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 patients with HIV coinfection in Wuhan, China.

CONCLUSION: Lower level of CD4+ T lymphocyte counts caused by HIV infection itself might be one of reasons for relatively weak ability to produce SARS-CoV-2 specific antibodies. The effects of anti-HIV drugs in prevention and treatment of COVID-19 appears to be limited, which needs further observations to confirmed. PMID: 33074039 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Expert Rev Respir Med Source Type: research