ABSTRACT
HIV and COVID-19 disproportionately impact marginalized populations, especially racial and ethnic minorities. This descriptive case series from an HIV clinic in the U.S. Midwest explores the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of 37 individuals with HIV and SARS-CoV-2 co-infection. All 37 had suppressed viral loads prior to diagnosis with COVID-19, and all 37 survived. Relative to our overall HIV clinic population, over twice as many Hispanic patients, three times as many undocumented patients, and four times as many refugee patients contracted COVID-19, highlighting the structural vulnerability of these sub-populations.
Acknowledgements
We are deeply grateful to our patients, without whom our research would not be possible. We are also grateful to Tacy Slater, MSW, MPH, and Precious Davis, BSN, MSN, from the UNMC Specialty Care Clinic for their assistance with data collection.
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