Real-World Effectiveness of COVID-19 Vaccine and Identification of SARS-CoV-2 Variants among People Living with HIV on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in Central Kerala of India-An Ambi-Directional Cohort Study.
Joe ThomasPriyanka RajmohanPonnu JoseRadhika KannanRosmi JoseUnnikrishnan Uttumadathil GopinathanLucy RaphaelNithya M BaijuSwathi KrishnaTeny AttokaranJubina Bency A TAiswarya VenugopalSoorya SheelaAkhila KallempadamLee JoseSusheela J InnahPulikkottil Raphael VargheseAlex GeorgePublished in: Viruses (2023)
Full vaccination with Covishield and Covaxin was effective against COVID-19 infection among PLHIV on treatment; albeit, that of Covaxin was higher. A gap of 4 to 6 weeks between the two doses of COVID-19 vaccine was found to have higher VE among PLHIV.