The characteristics of HIV-positive patients with mild/asymptomatic and moderate/severe course of COVID-19 disease - a report from Central and Eastern Europe
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11120%2F21%3A43920871" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11120/21:43920871 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11110/21:10419209 RIV/00064211:_____/21:W0000030
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.12.026" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.12.026</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.12.026" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ijid.2020.12.026</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The characteristics of HIV-positive patients with mild/asymptomatic and moderate/severe course of COVID-19 disease - a report from Central and Eastern Europe
Original language description
BACKGROUND: There is currently no evidence suggesting that COVID-19 takes a different course in HIV-positive patients on antiretroviral treatment compared to the general population. However, little is known about the relation between specific HIV-related factors and the severity of the COVID-19 disease. METHODS: We performed a retrospective analysis of cases collected through an on-line survey distributed by the Euroguidelines in Central and Eastern Europe Network Group. In statistical analyses characteristics of HIV-positive patients asymptomatic/moderate and moderate/severe course were compared. RESULTS: In total 34 HIV-positive patients diagnosed with COVID-19 were reported by 12 countries (Estonia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Albania, Belarus, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Russia, Hungary, Bulgaria). Asymptomatic courses of COVID-19 were reported in four (12%) cases, 11 (32%) patients presented with mild disease not requiring hospitalization, moderate disease with respiratory and/or systemic symptoms was observed in 14 (41%) cases, and severe disease with respiratory failure was found in five (15%) patients. The HIV-related characteristics of patients with asymptomatic/mild course of COVID-19 were comparable to those with moderate/severe course of COVID-19, except for the use of non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) in cART regimen (0.0% vs. 31.6% respectively, p = 0.0239). CONCLUSIONS: In our analyses HIV viral suppression and immunological status were not associated with the course of COVID-19 disease. On the contrary the cART regimen could contribute to severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Large and prospective studies are necessary to further investigate this relations.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30303 - Infectious Diseases
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
ISSN
1201-9712
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
104
Issue of the periodical within the volume
March
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
4
Pages from-to
293-296
UT code for WoS article
000637956600049
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85099849124