Impact of COVID-19 on case reporting for HTLV and HIV-2 in Spain.

de Mendoza, C ; Caballero, E ; Eiro, JM ; Rojo, S ; Benito, R (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Soriano, V.

Resumen: 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.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1089/AID.2021.0013

Año: 2021

Publicado en: AIDS RESEARCH AND HUMAN RETROVIRUSES 143 (2021), 370-372
ISSN: 0889-2229

Factor impacto JCR: 1.723 (2021)

Categ. JCR: IMMUNOLOGY rank: 152 / 163 = 0.933 (2021) - Q4 - T3
Categ. JCR: VIROLOGY rank: 34 / 37 = 0.919 (2021) - Q4 - T3
Categ. JCR: INFECTIOUS DISEASES rank: 86 / 96 = 0.896 (2021) - Q4 - T3

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 3.2 - Medicine (Q2) - Immunology and Microbiology (Q3)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.64 - Infectious Diseases (Q2) - Immunology (Q2)

Tipo y forma: Article (PrePrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Microbiología (Dpto. Microb.Ped.Radio.Sal.Pú.)