The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Sexually Transmitted Infections surveillance data: incidence drop or artefact?

• Main Authors: Alexis Sentís (Author), Albert Prats-Uribe (Author), Evelin López-Corbeto (Author), Marcos Montoro-Fernandez (Author), Daniel Kwakye Nomah (Author), Patrícia Garcia de Olalla (Author), Lilas Mercuriali (Author), Núria Borrell (Author), Víctor Guadalupe-Fernández (Author), Juliana Reyes-Urueña (Author), Jordi Casabona (Author), Catalan HIV and STI Surveillance Group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were increasing in Europe, and Spain and Catalonia were not an exception. Catalonia has been one of the regions with the highest number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in Spain. The objective of this study was to es...