Minkyeong Lee, Wan Beom Park, Eu Suk Kim, Yeonjae Kim, Sang-Won Park, Eunyoung Lee, Myoung-Don Oh, Nam Joong Kim, Hong Bin Kim, Kyoung-Ho Song, Pyoeng Gyun Choe, Chang Kyung Kang, Chan Mi Lee, Yunsang Choi, Song Mi Moon, Seong Jin Choi, Jaehyun Jeon, Jihwan Bang
BACKGROUND: The number of newly diagnosed cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in Korea, which had increased until 2019, has markedly decreased since the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic started. This study evaluated whether the decrease is due to a reduction in the incidence of HIV infection and/or delayed diagnosis during the pandemic. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We reviewed the medical records of 587 newly diagnosed patients with HIV infection between February 2018 and January 2022 from four general hospitals, and their characteristics were compared between the pre-pandemic and pandemic periods...
August 16, 2023: Infection & Chemotherapy