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cord-351740-779g8tr1	Khaba, Moshawa Calvin	COVID-19 in an HIV-infected patient. Lessons learned from an autopsy case	2020-09-25		.txt	text/plain	1830	126	55	We report the first autopsy case of HIV-infected individual with COVID-19 as the cause of death. The first confirmed case of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection was reported in China in December 2019. To the best of our knowledge, this manuscript represents the first published report of an autopsy performed on an HIV infected patient with cause of death attributed to COVID-19. The final cause of death was SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection in HIV infected patient. In accord to what is already published, the lung findings on the index patient showed early phase of diffuse alveolar damage with associated microthrombi which is seen in COVID-19. Whilst HIV infected people on treatment with normal CD4 count and low viral load may not be at a high risk of serious illness, the presence of other chronic conditions may increase their overall risk (7) The fact that SARS-CoV-2 can cause transient immune deficiency, it denotes that HIV and COVID-19 interaction may have adverse immunological and clinical outcomes.	./cache/cord-351740-779g8tr1.txt	./txt/cord-351740-779g8tr1.txt