Could HIV infection alter the clinical course of SARS-CoV-2 infection? When less is better

Authors

Mascolo, Silvia¹
Antonio Romanelli²
Carleo, Maria Aurora¹
Esposito, Vincenzo¹

¹ AORN dei Colli, Department of Infectious Diseases, Cotugno Hospital, Via Gaetano Quagliariello, 54, 80131 Napoli, Italy
² AOU San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi D'Aragona, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Via San Leonardo, 1, 84131 Salerno, Italy

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Published Article

Journal

Journal of Medical Virology

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Publication Date

Apr 19, 2020

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DOI: 10.1002/jmv.25881

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Abstract

Recently, the first case of HIV and SARS‐CoV‐2 infection was reported in the literature. With this letter, we proposed a hypothesis that could explain the interaction between HIV infection and the clinical course of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection.

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