The burden and characteristics of HIV-infected COVID-19 patients at a tertiary care hospital in sub-Saharan Africa-A retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

After the first case of COVID-19 caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus was discovered in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, the disease spread viciously throughout the world. Little is known about the impact of HIV infection on the clinical outcomes of patients co-infected with SARS-CoV-2. Studying the characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 among HIV-positive patients is key to characterising the risk of morbidity and mortality of HIV-positive patients from COVID-19.

Methods

In this retrospective cohort study, we included patients admitted to Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection and who had consented to HIV screening. We compared the prevalence and characteristics of HIV patients with those of non-HIV patients and descr

SUBMITTER: Iyer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9432752 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature