Outcomes of patients with HIV and COVID-19 co-infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data on the association of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection with adverse outcomes in patients with COVID-19 are conflicting. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to summarize the available information on the risk of hospitalization, severe disease, and death attributable to HIV in patients with COVID-19.

Methods

PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and SCOPUS were searched through October 25, 2021, to identify relevant studies, without language restriction. A random-effects model was used to pool estimates.

Results

We included 44 studies reporting information from 38,971,065 patients with COVID-19. The pooled prevalence of HIV among COVID-19 patients was 26.9 ‰ (95% CI 22.7-31.3) and was significantly higher in studies conducted in Africa c

SUBMITTER: Danwang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8759058 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature