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Increase of early syphilis cases during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic
  1. Beatrice Bížová,
  2. Filip Rob,
  3. Jana Třešňák Hercogová
  1. Department of Dermatovenerology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, University Hospital Bulovka, Prague, Czech Republic
  1. Correspondence to Dr Beatrice Bížová, Dermatovenerology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, University Hospital Bulovka, Prague, Czech Republic; bbizova{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-055098

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    The COVID-19 pandemic reached the Czech Republic in March 2020, leading to three national lockdowns over the following 12 months. We analysed monthly diagnoses of gonorrhoea and syphilis in a large tertiary care centre in Prague during March 2020–February 2021 relative to the monthly average of the previous 4 years (March 2016–February 2020) (figure 1). After an initial slight decrease, …

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    • Handling editor Anna Maria Geretti

    • Contributors BB had the original idea, prepared the data and drafted the first version. FR prepared the data and participated in writing and revising the manuscript. JTH reviewed the manuscript drafts and provided feedback. BB and FR prepared the final manuscript. All authors had access to data. All authors have approved the final version.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.