Impact of COVID-19 epidemic on temporal pattern of new HIV diagnoses in Italy, 2021 database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

New HIV diagnoses in Italy decreased drastically in 2020 due to COVID-19 related effects: 50% fewer diagnoses were reported by the National HIV Surveillance System. COVID-19 pandemic impact on HIV surveillance is unclear. We estimated the expected number of new HIV diagnoses in 2020 in order to isolate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

We analyzed 29 697 new HIV infections diagnosed from 2012 to 2020, reported to the National HIV Surveillance System. We assessed temporal trends of new HIV diagnoses applying negative binomial mixed effects models. We estimated the COVID-19 impact as the difference between the model-estimated slopes from 2012 to 2019 and the change reported in the diagnoses. The expected number of new HIV diagnoses in 2020 was also estima

SUBMITTER: Dorrucci M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10710354 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature