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Incidence and Severity of COVID-19 in HIV-Positive Persons Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy

This paper details how the first person with COVID-19 and HIV had a different experience with testing and treatment
This patient contracted COVID-19 from the epicenter in Wuhan, China
They initially were admitted with fewer typical symptoms, only displaying a low-grade fever (37.2 C) and right lower pneumonia, but tested negative 3 times from nasal swab tests
They were later blood tested and abnormally low plasma antibody count and extremely high immunoglobulin M were found when compared to other patients with COVID-19
This person’s partner, also HIV positive and on antiviral treatment, consistently tested negative to COVID-19 and this leads researchers to believe that some HIV treating drugs are effective for the treatment or at least prevention of COVID-19

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Updated 2020-08-12

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