Association of HIV infection with clinical and laboratory characteristics of sickle cell disease.
André Rolim BelisárioPaula F BlatytaDiana VivancoClaudia Di Lorenzo OliveiraAnna Bárbara Carneiro-ProiettiEster Cerdeira SabinoCesar de Almeida-NetoPaula LoureiroCláudia MáximoSheila de Oliveira Garcia MateosMiriam V Flor-ParkDaniela de Oliveira Werneck RodriguesRosimere Afonso MotaThelma T GonçalezThomas J HoffmannShannon KellyBrian S Custernull nullPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2020)
In summary, our study in SCD patients shows that those with HIV have an increased risk of any SCD complication and HIV-related complications, as well as a suggestive but not significantly increased risk of infections.