Global and Regional Prevalence and Outcomes of COVID-19 in People Living with HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

• Published in: Tropical medicine and infectious disease Vol. 7; no. 2; p. 22
• Main Authors: Oyelade, Tope, Alqahtani, Jaber S, Hjazi, Ahmed M, Li, Amy, Kamila, Ami, Raya, Reynie Purnama
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 03.02.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Fatalities; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; infectious disease; Meta-analysis; Mortality; pandemic; public health; Systematic Review; COVID-19; HIV; pandemic; infectious disease; public health

The relationship between HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and COVID-19 clinical outcome is uncertain, with conflicting data and hypotheses. We aimed to assess the prevalence of people living with HIV (PLWH) among COVID-19 cases and whether HIV infection affects the risk of severe COVID-19 or relat...