Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination among people living with HIV during a COVID-19 outbreak

Kuan-Yin Lin; Pei-Ying Wu; Wang-Da Liu; Hsin-Yun Sun; Szu-Min Hsieh; Wang-Huei Sheng; Yu-Shan Huang; Chien-Ching Hung; Shan-Chwen Chang

doi:10.1016/j.jmii.2022.04.006

Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination among people living with HIV during a COVID-19 outbreak

J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2022 Jun;55(3):535-539. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2022.04.006. Epub 2022 May 5.

Authors

Kuan-Yin Lin¹, Pei-Ying Wu², Wang-Da Liu³, Hsin-Yun Sun⁴, Szu-Min Hsieh⁴, Wang-Huei Sheng⁴, Yu-Shan Huang⁴, Chien-Ching Hung⁵, Shan-Chwen Chang⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Center of Infection Control, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Center of Infection Control, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. Electronic address: hcc0401@ntu.edu.tw.

Abstract

COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for at-risk populations, but the vaccine effectiveness in people living with HIV (PLWH) remains incompletely understood. Here we demonstrate that COVID-19 vaccination was clinically effective among PLWH during the outbreak setting with a low endemicity of COVID-19 where non-pharmaceutical interventions were strictly implemented.

Keywords: Immunogenicity; Pandemic; SARS-CoV-2; Vaccine effectiveness.

MeSH terms

COVID-19 Vaccines
COVID-19* / epidemiology
COVID-19* / prevention & control
Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control
HIV Infections* / complications
HIV Infections* / epidemiology
Humans
Vaccination

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines