Regional variations in HIV diagnosis in Japan before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Infect Dis Model · 2025 · PMC11419811 · PMID 39319285

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an increasing trendno p-value reported

However, analysing the data up to the end of 2021, Tokyo, Kanto/Koshinetsu, Tokai, Kinki, and Hokkaido/Tohoku all showed an increasing trend.

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a decreasing trendno p-value reported

Other regions showed a decreasing trend in diagnoses during the pandemic, especially Chugoku/Shikoku, with an estimated yearly rate of 10.3% (95% CI: 5.2%, 15.3%) from 2020 to 2022 ( Fig. 1 B).

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