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. 2022 Nov 8;9(11):ofac579. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac579

Table 2.

Study Summary

Author, Year, Location Summary Findings
1. González de Aledo, 2022, Spain Following 2-dose vaccination with mRNA vaccines, all 100 PWH achieved detectable antispike IgG Ab, and only 3 had antibody levels <520 BAU/mL (1 of these had baseline CD4 count <200 cells/mm3).
2. Antinori, 2022, Italy Humoral and cell-mediated immune response against SARS-CoV-2 following 2 doses of mRNA vaccines was comparable between PWH with baseline CD4 counts >500 cells/mm3 and HIV-negative controls. Immune response was significantly poorer in PWH with baseline CD4 counts <200 cells/mm3 (P < .001).
3. Brumme, 2022, Canada After 2 doses of ChAdOx1 and/or mRNA vaccine, HIV status was not significantly associated with magnitude of anti-RBD response, and no significant correlation was observed between vaccine immunogenicity and the most recent or nadir CD4 cell counts.
4. Feng, 2021, China Similar immunologic response was found after 2-dose vaccination with Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV between PWH with high CD4/CD8 ratio and HIV-negative controls; PWH with low baseline CD4/CD8 ratios generated lower antibody responses compared with those with medium and high CD4/CD8 ratios (P < .01).
5. Frater, 2021, UKa No difference in magnitude or persistence of immunogenic response between PWH and HIV-negative controls after 2 doses of ChAdOx1. No correlation was found between the magnitude of the antispike IgG response and CD4 cell count.
6. Ogbe, 2021, UKa No difference in immunologic response between PWH and matched HIV-negative controls following 2 doses of ChAdOx1. SARS-CoV-2 spike-specific responses maintained for 6 mo in PWH were equivalent to HIV negative controls.
7. Haidar, 2022, USA Following 2 doses of mRNA vaccine, no difference in seropositivity was found between controls and PWH with CD4 counts >200 cells/mm3, but CD4 count <200 cells/mm3 was associated with lower odds for seropositivity (P < .001).
8. Hassold, 2022, France After 2 doses of mRNA vaccine or ChAdOx1, PWH with CD4 >500 cells/mm3 had a higher antibody response (P = .003) than those with lower CD4 cell counts, especially those with CD4 counts <200 cells/mm3 (P = .0017). 100% of patients with baseline CD4 counts >500 cells/mm3 were seropositive, compared with 95% and 78% of those with CD4 counts between 200 and 499 cells/mm3 or <200 cells/mm3, respectively.
9. Huang, 2022, China Immunogenicity of inactivated vaccines (Sinovac CoronaVac & Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV) was significantly lower in PWH than HIV-negative controls (P = .007), regardless of CD4 cell count or HIV viral load.
10. Jedicke, 2021, Germany Most PWH demonstrated robust immune response after complete BNT162b2 vaccination, but with significantly lower anti-S IgG response compared with HIV-negative controls (P < .0001).
11. Khan, 2021, South Africa Ad26.CoV2.S vaccination of PWH with well-controlled HIV led to noninferior immune response to SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant.
12. Levy, 2021, Israelb 97% of PWH developed immune response following second dose of BNT162b2; PWH had lower anti-RBD IgG levels than controls (P = .008).
13. Rahav, 2021, Israelb HIV patients showed a similar immunologic response to HIV-negative controls after 2 doses of BNT162b2.
14. Liu, 2021, China Two doses of Sinovac CoronaVac produced immunologic response in PWH, with significantly decreased anti-RBD-IgG titers in individuals with baseline CD4 <350 cells/mm3 (P = .023).
15. Lombardi, 2022, Italy PWH with well-controlled ART, stable viral suppression, and robust CD4+ T-cell count produced detectable humoral immune responses, similar to individuals without HIV infection, following 2 doses of mRNA-1273.
16. Lv, 2021, China Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccines (Sinovac CoronaVac, Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV) had similar neutralizing antibody positivity among PWH and HIV-negative controls. However, the magnitude of immunogenicity was smaller in PWH than HIV-negative controls (P < .05).
17. Madhi, 2021, South Africa Patients immunized with 2 doses of ChAdOx1 showed a strong immunologic response, regardless of HIV status.
18. Milano, 2022, Italy 98.6% of PWH vaccinated with 2 doses of BNT162b2 mounted a detectable immune response; no significant correlation was observed between patient characteristics and immunologic response.
19. Nault, 2022, Canadac After the first dose of mRNA-based vaccine, anti-RBD IgG response was similar in PWH with CD4 counts >250 cells/mm3 and HIV-negative controls; PWH with low CD4 counts had a weaker immunologic response (P < .0001).
20. Noe, 2021, Germany PWH mounted a robust immune response after complete vaccination with BNT162b2, mRNA-1273, ChAdOx1, or Ad26.COV2.S vaccines. Higher anti-RBD IgG concentrations were observed in patients receiving mRNA-based vaccines and those with baseline CD4 >200 cells/mm3 (P < .001). Patients with CD4 <200 cells/mm3, in particular, mounted a significantly poorer immunologic response (P < .001).
21. Portillo, 2022, Switzerland All PWH elicited antibodies after 2 doses of mRNA vaccines, but antibody response was significantly lower (P < .001) compared with an unmatched group of HIV-negative controls, despite an overall high CD4 T-cell count.
22. Ruddy (1), 2021, USAc All participants developed anti-SARS-CoV-2 RBD antibodies after the first dose of mRNA vaccine.
23. Ruddy (2), 2021, USA All participants developed increased concentrations of anti-SARS-CoV-2 RBD antibodies following the second dose of mRNA vaccine.
24. Speich, 2022, Switzerland PWH developed a strong antibody response following 2 doses of mRNA vaccine, with no difference found between BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273.
25. Spinelli, 2021, USA Following 2 doses of mRNA vaccine, PWH demonstrated lower IgG response than HIV-negative controls (P = .01), which was most pronounced among those with lower baseline CD4 counts (P = .003); all 7 PWH with CD4 baselines <200 cells/mm3 failed to mount a pseudovirus neutralizing titer or IgG response. PWH vaccinated with mRNA-1273 had higher IgG titers than those vaccinated with BNT162b2 (P = .02).
26. Tuan, 2021, USA PWH with baseline CD4 <500 cells/mm3 were potentially less likely to seroconvert after a single dose of BNT162b2 (P = .07), but there was no CD4-related difference in immunologic response after 2 doses. 97.5% of PWH had a positive IgG response following the second dose.
27. Woldemeskel, 2021, USA Following 2 doses of BNT162b2 vaccine, PWH mounted an immunologic response similar to HIV-negative controls.
28. Xu, 2022, Sweden Despite high seroconversion rates in PWH following 2 doses of BNT162b2, PWH developed significantly lower levels of antispike IgG than HIV-negative controls 2 wk after the second dose (P = .0012), regardless of CD4 cell count. Patients with baseline HIV viral loads >50 copies/mL had particularly low levels of antispike IgG (P = .048).

Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral therapy; IgG, immunoglobulin G; PWH, people with HIV; RBD, receptor binding domain; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

a

Ogbe was a follow-up study of the patients included in the Frater study.

b

Levy and Rahav recruited from the group of individuals, but the extent of overlap could not be determined.

c

Nault and Ruddy (1) reported results after the first dose of a 2-dose mRNA-based vaccine regimen.