From the School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania.
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Sex Transm Dis. 2021 Jul 1;48(7):e91-e93. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001427.
Disruptions in sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing infrastructure during the COVID-19 pandemic threaten to impact STI service delivery for adolescents. Within a large pediatric primary care network, we compared STI testing encounters between the pandemic period and an analogous prepandemic period. The STI test counts decreased and test positivity increased during the pandemic period.
性传播感染 (STI) 检测基础设施在 COVID-19 大流行期间受到干扰,这可能会影响青少年的 STI 服务提供。在一个大型儿科初级保健网络中,我们比较了大流行期间和类似大流行前期间的 STI 检测情况。大流行期间,STI 检测数量减少,检测阳性率增加。