Sexually transmitted infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Swedish healthcare region without lockdown: a focus on gonorrhoea and syphilis

Sandra Gulin-Jerkovic; Maria Pissa

doi:10.5826/dpc.1204a177

Sexually transmitted infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Swedish healthcare region without lockdown: a focus on gonorrhoea and syphilis

Authors

Sandra Gulin-Jerkovic Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Ryhov County Hospital, Jonkoping, Sweden https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1051-043X
Maria Pissa Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Ryhov County Hospital, Jonkoping, Sweden

Keywords:

covid-19, sexually transmitted infection, gonorrhoa, syphilis, sexually transmitted diseases

Author Biography

Sandra Gulin-Jerkovic, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Ryhov County Hospital, Jonkoping, Sweden

Department of Dermatology and Venereology, General Hospital Sibenik

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