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COVID-19 vaccination and HIV-1 acquisition

COVID-19 vaccination and HIV-1 acquisition

Source : https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00332-4/fulltext

Susan P Buchbinder and colleagues1 express concern that COVID-19 vaccines utilising replication-defective adenovirus vectors of human serotype 5 (HAdV-5) might increase the risk of HIV-1 acquisition. Such concern has prompted hesitancy to deploy available, safe, and efficacious adenovirus-based COVID-19 vaccines in countries with high HIV-1 incidence.



Conclusion: Due vigilance and monitoring of adverse events, including HIV-1 infection rates, are absolutely crucial in the pandemic response and the roll-out of vaccines, but still, we would urge global health authorities to license and distribute any efficacious and safe vaccines that are available especially while access to COVID-19 vaccines in low-income countries remains insufficient.