Similarities and differences between HIV and SARS-CoV-2
Francisco Illanes-Álvarez, Denisse Márquez-Ruiz, Mercedes Márquez-Coello, Sara Cuesta‐Sancho, J.A. Girón González
Abstract
In the last 50 years we have experienced two big pandemics, the HIV pandemic and the pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2. Both pandemics are caused by RNA viruses and have reached us from animals. These two viruses are different in the transmission mode and in the symptoms they generate. However, they have important similarities: the fear in the population, increase in proinflammatory cytokines that generate intestinal microbiota modifications or NETosis production by polymorphonuclear neutrophils, among others. They have been implicated in the clinical, prognostic and therapeutic attitudes.
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PandemicProinflammatory cytokineSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)VirologyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PopulationTransmission (telecommunications)Immunology2019-20 coronavirus outbreakBiologyMedicineInflammationDiseaseEnvironmental healthInfectious disease (medical specialty)Internal medicineOutbreakEngineeringElectrical engineeringCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchImmune responses and vaccinations