“In the early stages of infection, the immune system is not so much reduced as activated. When the immunodeficiency virus enters the body, the human immune system begins to actively fight it, including the production of a large number of antibodies to a wide variety of viruses. It is possible that they protect against coronavirus “, – told RIA Novosti Pokrovsky.
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He explained that the human immune system after being infected with HIV is in a state of activation, only after 5-10 years it is overstressed, so it can be assumed that people with HIV at the initial stage of the disease are more protected from coronavirus than healthy people.
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People with HIV also have an increased number of immunoglobulins that protect against infection by a wide variety of pathogens, possibly from coronavirus, Pokrovsky said. Moreover, according to the expert, this is only a hypothesis, while data on the relationship between the incidence of HIV and coronavirus have not been identified.
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