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Review
. 2021 Jan 1;18(3):846-851.
doi: 10.7150/ijms.50133. eCollection 2021.

Similarities and differences between HIV and SARS-CoV-2

Francisco Illanes-Álvarez  1 , Denisse Márquez-Ruiz  1 , Mercedes Márquez-Coello  1 , Sara Cuesta-Sancho  1 , José Antonio Girón-González  1
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Review

Similarities and differences between HIV and SARS-CoV-2

Francisco Illanes-Álvarez et al. Int J Med Sci. .

Abstract

In the last 50 years we have experienced two big pandemics, the HIV pandemic and the pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2. Both pandemics are caused by RNA viruses and have reached us from animals. These two viruses are different in the transmission mode and in the symptoms they generate. However, they have important similarities: the fear in the population, increase in proinflammatory cytokines that generate intestinal microbiota modifications or NETosis production by polymorphonuclear neutrophils, among others. They have been implicated in the clinical, prognostic and therapeutic attitudes.

Keywords: AIDS; COVID-19; HIV; SARS-CoV-2; pandemics.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interest exists.

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