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SARS-CoV-2 infection in people living with HIV. Topics on the global panorama and in Chile
Published 2022-08-02
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Copyright (c) 2022 Macarena Silva, Rodrigo Blamey, Maria Elena Ceballos, Ximena Araya, Carla Bastías, Loreto Twele, Rodrigo Muñoz, Alicia Sciaraffia, Cecilia Piñera
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Abstract
The COVID-19 disease is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus and was declared a pandemic by the WHO on March 11, 2020. To date, more than 500 million people have been infected and more than 6 million have dead worldwide. People who belong to the most vulnerable risk groups, particularly those who are at the extremes of life or those with chronic or immunosuppressed comorbidities, are especially susceptible to eventual higher risk of infection, severity and mortality from this disease. People living with HIV, especially those in precarious immunological conditions or those who have not yet started antiretroviral therapy, may be especially susceptible to complications related to this and other infectious diseases. This review aims to determine the magnitude of the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 virus on people living with HIV.