IL6R and HIV-1 infection: The median serum levels of IL-6 and sIL-6R was higher in acute SARS-CoV-2 patients than in the men in our study who were living with chronic HIV-1 infection (34.9 pg/mL vs 1.68 pg/mL for IL-6 and 40.25 ng/mL vs 34.8 ng/mL for sIL-6R respectively).