Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV epidemic and testing in the Czech Republic in 2020
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11120%2F22%3A43924476" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11120/22:43924476 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11310/22:10452110 RIV/00064211:_____/22:W0000019
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.2174/1570162X20666220801142503" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.2174/1570162X20666220801142503</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570162X20666220801142503" target="_blank" >10.2174/1570162X20666220801142503</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV epidemic and testing in the Czech Republic in 2020
Original language description
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic determines the functioning of the healthcare system. The epidemic of HIV infection depends heavily on the effectiveness of the health system and its ability to test and deliver prevention and treatment.This study aims to determine the consequences of this pandemic on the development of HIV infection testing in the Czech Republic. METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study analyzed data for two infectious diseases, HIV (2020 and 2015-2019) and COVID-19 (2020), in the Czech Republic. For the statistical comparison of 2020 with the earlier period, the incidence rate ratio (IRR) and Poisson regression methods were used. Monthly HIV and COVID-19 indicators for 2020 were analyzed using correlation analysis. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: A significant difference was observed only in April (IRR = 0.81; p = 0.046) and July (IRR = 1.27; p = 0.023) between the number of HIV tests performed in each month in 2020 and the control period (average for the same months of the period 2015-2019).Significant differences between the observed periods were further identified for testing reasons. Correlation analysis of the number of tests performed on HIV and COVID-19 after 2020 showed a negative relationship (r = -0.261, p = 0.412). CONCLUSION: The study did not confirm statistically significant differences between the number of HIV tests performed in the pandemic year 2020 compared to the previous period, except for two months. The incidence and number of newly diagnosed cases did not differ statistically significantly from previous years (2015-2019).
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30303 - Infectious Diseases
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Current HIV Research
ISSN
1570-162X
e-ISSN
1873-4251
Volume of the periodical
20
Issue of the periodical within the volume
5
Country of publishing house
AE - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
350-357
UT code for WoS article
000901223400002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85143289655