Ramírez-Soto Max Carlos, Arroyo-Hernández Hugo
Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Tecnológica del Peru, Lima, Peru.
Universidad de Huánuco, Huánuco, Peru.
PLoS One. 2025 Jun 2;20(6):e0324784. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0324784. eCollection 2025.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, non-pharmaceutical interventions affected the screening of sexually transmitted infections. We investigated the incidence of HIV infection during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with incidence in the pre-pandemic period.
In this observational study, we analyzed HIV surveillance data for all age-groups from 25 geographically diverse regions in Peru from Jan 1, 2015 to Dec 31, 2022. HIV incidence during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, 2021, and 2022) was compared with pre-pandemic rates (2015-19).
Overall, there were 65,166 new cases of HIV infection from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2022. HIV incidence risk ratio (IRR) was 26% lower in 2020 (IRR = 0.74; 95% CI, 0.71-0.76), 5% higher in 2021 (IRR = 1.05; 95% CI, 1.02-1.08) and 16% higher in 2022 (IRR = 1.16; CI, 1.13-1.20), compared with the pre-pandemic period. Furthermore, compared with the pre-pandemic period, the annual incidence of HIV among men was 29% lower in 2020 (IRR = 0.71; 95% CI, 0.68-0.73), 4% higher in 2021 (IRR = 1.04, 95% CI, 1.01-1.08) and 10% higher in 2022 (IRR = 1.10; 95% CI, 1.06-1.14). In the age-stratified analysis, the annual HIV incidence in 2020 was 21 and 33% lower for those aged 18-29 (IRR = 0.79; 95% CI, 0.75-0.83) and 30-59 (IRR = 0.67; 95% CI, 0.64-0.70), respectively, compared with the pre-pandemic period. Finally, annual HIV incidence has decreased in 11 out of 25 regions in 2020, compared with the pre-pandemic period.
Our study showed that during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the incidence of HIV infection in the population of Peru decreased. However, this incidence began to return to pre-pandemic rates in 2021, coinciding with the easing or elimination of non-pharmaceutical interventions. By 2022, the incidence of HIV infection was higher than in the pre-pandemic period, especially in regions of the Peruvian Amazon.
在新冠疫情期间,非药物干预措施影响了性传播感染的筛查。我们调查了新冠疫情期间与疫情前时期相比的艾滋病毒感染发病率。
在这项观察性研究中,我们分析了2015年1月1日至2022年12月31日期间秘鲁25个地理区域不同年龄组的艾滋病毒监测数据。将新冠疫情期间(2020年、2021年和2022年)的艾滋病毒发病率与疫情前时期(2015 - 2019年)进行比较。
总体而言,2015年1月1日至2022年12月31日期间共有65166例新的艾滋病毒感染病例。2020年艾滋病毒发病率风险比(IRR)降低了26%(IRR = 0.74;95%CI,0.71 - 0.76),2021年升高了5%(IRR = 1.05;95%CI,1.02 - 1.08),2022年升高了16%(IRR = 1.16;CI,1.13 - 1.20),与疫情前时期相比。此外,与疫情前时期相比,2020年男性艾滋病毒年发病率降低了29%(IRR = 0.71;95%CI,0.68 - 0.73),2021年升高了4%(IRR = 1.04,95%CI,1.01 - 1.08),2022年升高了10%(IRR = 1.10;95%CI,1.06 - 1.14)。在年龄分层分析中,与疫情前时期相比,2020年18 - 29岁人群(IRR =
0.79;95%CI,0.75 - 0.83)和30 - 59岁人群(IRR = 0.67;95%CI,0.64 - 0.70)的艾滋病毒年发病率分别降低了21%和33%。最后,与疫情前时期相比,2020年25个地区中有11个地区的艾滋病毒年发病率有所下降。
我们的研究表明,在2020年新冠疫情期间,秘鲁人群中的艾滋病毒感染发病率下降。然而,这一发病率在2021年开始回升至疫情前水平,这与非药物干预措施的放宽或取消相吻合。到2022年,艾滋病毒感染发病率高于疫情前时期,尤其是在秘鲁亚马逊地区。