Association of Prior SARS-CoV-2 Infection with Immune Activation in Virally Suppressed People Living with HIV
Madalina-Ianca Suba, Ovidiu Rosca, Bogdan Hogea, Camelia Corina Pescaru, Florina Cristiana Lucaciu, Ahmed Abu-Awwad, Adrian-Cosmin Ilie, Daniel Pop, Simona-Alina Abu-Awwad · 2026
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Madalina-Ianca Suba leads a nine-author team asking whether past COVID-19 leaves a lasting inflammatory mark in people living with HIV, in a 2026 retrospective study. Modern therapy holds HIV undetectable, yet low-grade inflammation often persists and drives later illness. The team reviewed 286 adults on treatment at one centre from 2023 to 2025. They compared those with and without a documented past SARS-CoV-2 infection, and repeated the check in the 231 patients whose virus stayed fully suppressed.
Patients with past COVID-19 carried clearly higher levels of several inflammation markers, from C-reactive protein to interleukin-6 and cell-ratio scores. Among the suppressed group, high inflammation also tracked lower CD4 counts, obesity, metabolic syndrome, and fatty liver. Past infection stayed an independent predictor after adjustment. Suba's team stresses that a records study shows association, not cause. They point to long-term host and metabolic factors as the deeper drivers worth prospective study.
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| CREATOR | Madalina-Ianca Suba, Ovidiu Rosca, Bogdan Hogea, Camelia Corina Pescaru, Florina Cristiana Lucaciu, Ahmed Abu-Awwad, Adrian-Cosmin Ilie, Daniel Pop, Simona-Alina Abu-Awwad |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 57321 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |