Short Communication: Impact of COVID-19 on Case Reporting for HTLV and HIV-2 in Spain.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses
; 37(8): 610-612, 2021 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1367005
ABSTRACT
The medical demand imposed by COVID-19 has distracted proper care of other illnesses. Herein, we report the impact on new diagnoses of HTLV-1, HTLV-2, and HIV-2 in Spain, where these infections are mostly driven by immigration flows from endemic regions. As expected, case reporting declined for all three retroviral infections with respect to prior years. Furthermore, late presentations were more common. The two major reasons for these observations were significant declines in the arrival of foreigners from endemic regions and a shift in medical resources to prioritize COVID-19.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Deltaretrovirus Infections
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HIV Infections
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HIV-2
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses
Journal subject:
SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS)
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
AID.2021.0013
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