In the first month of lockdown, the number of reported AIDS deaths showed a 23.9% decline (IRR 0.761, 95% CI 0.647-0.896); after lockdown, the number showed an increasing trend of 1.1% (IRR 1.011, 95% CI 1.000-1.021) per month; by December 2021, the number of AIDS deaths remained below the expected level (IRR 0.754, 95% CI 0.654-0.869).
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The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Cases of and Deaths From AIDS, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C: Interrupted Time Series Analysis.
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In the first month of lockdown, the number of reported syphilis deaths showed an increase of 138% (IRR 2.380, 95% CI 1.455-3.893); after lockdown, the number per month showed a decreasing trend of 5.4% (IRR 0.946, 95% CI 0.913-0.980); by December 2021, the number of syphilis deaths had returned to below the expected level (IRR 0.735, 95% CI 0.421-1.284).