HIV and SARS-Coronavirus-2 Epidemics: Possible Interactions and Need for Studies, Especially in Africa

Frontiers in Medicine

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Francesca Cainelli¹  Bartholomew Dzudzor³  Massimiliano Lanzafame⁴  Adonis Goushchi⁵  Sirika Chhem⁶  Sandro Vento² 

[1] Raffles Medical Group Clinic;Faculty of Medicine, University of Puthisastra;Department of Medical Biochemistry, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana Medical School;Diagnosis and Treatment of HIV Infection Unit, University Hospital;Université Libre de Bruxelles;Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Puthisastra

关键词: HIV;    SARS-CoV-2;    COVID-19;    antiretrovirals (ARVs);    Africa;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmed.2020.00216

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The HIV pandemic characterized the end of the second millennium and spread all over the world. The SARS-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic is the most striking of the beginning of the third millennium, and is of particular concern especially for Africa, where most HIV-infected people live. As of 28 April 2020, all but three [Western Sahara, Comoros, and Lesotho) African countries were affected, with 33,566 COVID-19 cases, and 1,469 deaths (1). Africa has a young population (the median age of the 1.3 billion people is 19.7 years] (2) and this could diminish the severity of COVID-19 but also increase the number of asymptomatic subjects, leading to a wider, and difficult to detect epidemic (3). What are the implications of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic for HIV-infected people, particularly in a continent where, in 2018, 25.7 million people lived with HIV, and 9.4 million were not on antiretrovirals (ARVs) (4)?.

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