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. 2021 Feb 2;8(7):ofab053.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab053. eCollection 2021 Jul.

COVID-19 Testing Results by HIV Status, March-July 2020, Chicago, USA

Maria Pyra  1   2 , Laura Rusie  1 , Magda Houlberg  1 , Christopher Balthazar  3 , Jerome Montgomery  4 , Anna Hotton  2 , Wenho Yang  1 , Mateo Betanzos  1 , Maya Green  1 , John Schneider  1   2
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COVID-19 Testing Results by HIV Status, March-July 2020, Chicago, USA

Maria Pyra et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

The role of HIV in coronavirus disease 2019 acquisition is not yet understood. Among 1862 patients, including 349 people with HIV-with most of these being virally suppressed and 308 having recently used pre-exposure prophylaxis-we compared rates of positive polymerase chain reaction results. Positivity was higher among people with HIV (10.6%) compared with HIV-negative patients (7.1%) but was not significant in adjusted models.

Keywords: COVID-19; HIV; PrEP; race.

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Figure 1.
Total tests and positivity, by week. The bar graph shows the weekly number of tests conducted by Howard Brown Health, by week. The line graphs show positivity rates at both Howard Brown Health and the entire city of Chicago [8]. Weeks marked with an asterisk had low positivity at Howard Brown Health due to clinic closures during civic unrest in the city.
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