Multivariate spatiotemporal risk of syphilis cases in São Paulo, Brazil (2018-2022).

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Despite these factors, AS, GS, and CS cases had already shown an increasing trend before the pandemic [ 26 , 27 ], suggesting that COVID-19 likely intensified pre-existing vulnerabilities rather than being the sole cause of the rise.

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