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According to the study, people with HIV are more likely to contract breakthrough Covid-19 infections than people without HIV.

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According to a study published Tuesday, people with HIV are more likely to get Covid-19 infections.

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The risk of Covid-19 infections was found to be 3.5% among people without HIV and 4.4% among people with HIV, according to a study by the University of Toronto.

People with HIV ages 55 and older were less likely to experience breakthrough Covid-19 than people under the age of 55, according to researchers.

There was a spike in the number of breakthrough Covid-19 cases among the study participants.

There was no correlation between Covid-19 breakthrough risk and HIV suppression treatments for people with HIV.

All people with HIV should be eligible for additional Covid-19 vaccine shots, according to a study.

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The sample group of patients was more male than the general population of people with HIV in the United States.

Key Background

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, all Covid-19 vaccines approved in the US are safe for people with HIV. According to a February CDC study, people with HIV are less likely to bevaccinated against Covid-19 compared to the city's general adult population.

A little over one million. The number of people aged 13 and older with HIV in the US at the end of last year was reported by the CDC. About 15% of the people had infections that weren't known to them.

Tangent

HIV weakens a person's immune system and makes them vulnerable to diseases that the body would normally be able to fight off. Though a cure for HIV has not been developed, treatments can allow people with HIV to live free of severe symptoms or the risk of passing the virus to others.

Some covid-19 vaccines could increase the risk of HIV infections.

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