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Continuing evidence that COVID-19 has influenced syphilis epidemiology in Rome
  1. Alessandra Latini1,
  2. Francesca Magri2,
  3. Eugenia Giuliani3,
  4. Massimo Giuliani1,
  5. Valentina Garelli1,
  6. Martina Pontone4,
  7. Monica Salvi1,
  8. Christof Stingone1,
  9. Laura Gianserra1,
  10. Fulvia Pimpinelli4,
  11. Anna Rita Buonomini1,
  12. Aldo Morrone3,
  13. Maria Gabriella Donà1,
  14. Mauro Zaccarelli5
  1. 1 STI/HIV Unit, San Gallicano Dermatological Institute IRCCS, Rome, Italy
  2. 2 Department of Dermatology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
  3. 3 Scientific Direction, San Gallicano Dermatological Institute IRCCS, Rome, Italy
  4. 4 Microbiology and Pathology Department, San Gallicano Dermatological Institute IRCCS, Rome, Italy
  5. 5 Clinical Department, Lazzaro Spallanzani Hospital, Rome, Italy
  1. Correspondence to Dr Maria Gabriella Donà, STI/HIV Unit, San Gallicano Dermatological Institute IRCCS, Rome 00144, Italy; mariagabriella.dona{at}ifo.gov.it

https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-055250

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    There are conflicting data on how COVID-19 has impacted STI epidemiology worldwide.1 In Rome, we observed a marked decrease in syphilis diagnoses during the first lockdown of spring 2020.2 Extending our previous observations, we compared syphilis diagnoses (primary/secondary/recent) during the whole of 2020 versus those of the previous 3 years (figure 1). While diagnoses by month were homogeneous in the prepandemic period (p for trend=0.40), 2020 showed a peak in June, a sharp and atypical decline …

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    • Handling editor Anna Maria Geretti

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    • Contributors Conceptualisation: AL, MZ. Data curation: EG, MG, MGD. Formal analysis: MGD, MZ. Investigation: AL, EG, FM, MG, MGD, MZ. Methodology: AL, MGD, MZ. Project administration: AL, MZ. Resources: VG, MP, MS, CS, LG, FP, ARB, AM. Supervision: AL, AM. Visualisation: AL, FM, EG, MGD, MZ. Writing–original draft: AL, FM, MGD, MZ. Writing–review and editing: EG, MG, VG, MP, MS, CS, LG, FP, ARB, AM.

    • 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; internally peer reviewed.