Short Communication: Impact of COVID-19 on Case Reporting for HTLV and HIV-2 in Spain
Carmen de Mendoza1, Estrella Caballero2, José María Eiros3
1Internal Medicine Department, Puerta de Hierro University Hospital and Research Institute, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:
The medical demand imposed by COVID-19 has distracted proper care of other illnesses. Herein, we report the impact on new diagnoses of HTLV-1, HTLV-2, and HIV-2 in Spain, where these infections are mostly driven by immigration flows from endemic regions. As expected, case reporting declined for all three retroviral infections with respect to prior years. Furthermore, late presentations were more common. The two major reasons for these observations were significant declines in the arrival of foreigners from endemic regions and a shift in medical resources to prioritize COVID-19.
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