A new CDC study found people with HIV were more likely to be reinfected with COVID than those without HIV.
People with HIV are at increased risk of being reinfected with the virus that causes COVID-19, according to new federal data.
About 5% experienced reinfection among more than 453,000 Chicago residents who tested positive for the virus.People with HIV are more likely to have completed a primary COVID vaccine series plus a booster before their reinfection -- 31.8% versus 27% for those without HIV. Those who were reinfected were more likely to be male, older and Black or African American compared to those without HIV, the study found.
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