Continuing evidence that COVID-19 has influenced syphilis epidemiology in Rome
| Autor: | Anna Rita Buonomini, Martina Pontone, Valentina Garelli, Monica Salvi, Francesca Magri, Alessandra Latini, Mauro Zaccarelli, Christof Stingone, Eugenia Giuliani, Fulvia Pimpinelli, Maria Gabriella Donà, Laura Gianserra, Aldo Morrone, Massimo Giuliani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) business.industry SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Rome COVID-19 Dermatology medicine.disease Infectious Diseases Homogeneous Epidemiology Quarantine Medicine Humans Syphilis business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Sexually transmitted infections. 98(1) |
| ISSN: | 1472-3263 |
| Popis: | There are conflicting data on how COVID-19 has impacted STI epidemiology worldwide.1 In Rome, we observed a marked decrease in syphilis diagnoses during the first lockdown of spring 2020.2 Extending our previous observations, we compared syphilis diagnoses (primary/secondary/recent) during the whole of 2020 versus those of the previous 3 years (figure 1). While diagnoses by month were homogeneous in the prepandemic period (p for trend=0.40), 2020 showed a peak in June, a sharp and atypical decline … |
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