Immune deficiency is a risk factor for severe COVID-19 in people living with HIV.

Christian Hoffmann José Luis CasadoGeorg HärterPilar VizcarraAna MorenoDario CattaneoPaola MeravigliaChristoph D SpinnerFarhad SchabazStephan GrunwaldCristina Gervasoni

Published in: HIV medicine (2020)

In PLWH, immune deficiency is a possible risk factor for severe COVID-19, even in the setting of virological suppression. There is no evidence for a protective effect of PIs or tenofovir alafenamide.

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