Immunological changes after COVID-19 vaccination in an HIV-positive patient

• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.08.039
• Publication Date: 2021-08-19T08:25:05Z
• Authors: Changlin Gong; Xiaojing Song; Xiaoxia Li; Lianfeng Lu; Taisheng Li
• Keywords: Pandemic; 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak; Coronavirus

Vaccination is an essential measure to stop the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We report a case of viral activation and CD4+ T cell loss in treatment-naïve HIV-positive patient after receiving inactivated COVID-19 vaccine (Sinopharm). The should probably be given only people living with HIV antiretroviral therapy.