Open AccessEpidemiology of Reported HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections During the COVID-19 Pandemic, New York City
Author(s) -
Sarah Braunstein,
Jennifer Sanderson Slutsker,
Rachael Lazar,
Dipal Shah,
Robin R. Hennessy,
Shirley X. Chen,
Preeti Pathela,
Demetre Daskalakis,
Julia A. Schillinger
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jiab319
Subject(s) - gonorrhea , syphilis , chlamydia , pandemic , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , epidemiology , medicine , covid-19 , sexually transmitted disease , virology , contact tracing , demography , immunology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , sociology
Early in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, a statewide executive order (PAUSE) severely restricted the movement of New Yorkers from 23 March to 7 June 2020. We used New York City surveillance data for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis to describe trends in diagnosis and reporting surrounding PAUSE. During PAUSE, the volume of positive HIV/sexually transmitted infection tests, and diagnoses of HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis declined substantially, reaching a nadir in April before rebounding. Some shifts in characteristics of reported cases were identified.
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