A new study provides more evidence that people living with HIV who are vaccinated against COVID-19 are more likely to experience a breakthrough COVID infection compared to HIV-negative people. The good news is that – across the board – fully vaccinated people had less severe COVID illness than unvaccinated people.
The study, by Dr Jing Sun at Johns Hopkins University, follows another report showing that COVID-vaccinated people with HIV were more likely to experience breakthrough cases than HIV-negative people, regardless of CD4 counts or viral suppression.
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Source : Aidsmap
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