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. 2020 Jun 29;34(10):e553–e556. doi: 10.1111/jdv.16694

Table 1.

Patients' characteristics and medical provisions before and after the lockdown

Patients' characteristics Time
Before the lockdown After the lockdown
N % N %
Sex
F 374 35.4 48 24.0
M 682 64.6 151 75.5
M/F 0 0.0 1 0.5
Type of sexual relationship
MSM 297 28.1 75 37.5
MSW 381 36.1 77 38.5
MSW/MSM 0 0.0 1 0.5
WSM 371 35.1 45 22.5
WSW 7 0.7 0 0.0
WSW/WSM 0 0.0 2 1.0
Sexual orientation
Homosexual 304 28.8 75 37.5
Heterosexual 752 71.2 122 61.0
Bisexual 0 0.0 3 1.5
Total 1056 100.0 200 100.0
Medical provisions
Prophylaxis 362 33.5 28 13.1
Lab tests withdrawal 274 25.3 52 24.3
Syphylis (diagnosis, therapies, follow‐ups) 43 4.0 18 8.4
Chlamydia (urethritis and cervico‐vaginitis) 21 1.9 8 3.7
Chlamydia (proctitis) 15 1.4 4 1.9
Chlamydia (pharyngitis) 0 0.0 0 0.0
Neisseria (urethritis and cervico‐vaginitis) 18 1.7 7 3.3
Neisseria (proctitis) 8 0.7 4 1.9
Neisseria (pharyngitis) 4 0.4 6 2.8
Unspecified urethitis 34 3.1 9 4.2
Molluscum contagiosum 10 0.9 3 1.4
Genital warts 101 9.3 22 10.3
Candida balano‐posthites 32 3.0 9 4.2
Vulvo‐vaginitis 37 3.4 2 0.9
Genital herpes 23 2.1 9 4.2
Other 99 9.2 33 15.4
Total 1081 100.0 214 100.0

Prophylaxis, includes blood test examination for HIV, HBV, HCV, syphilis and/or urine PCR analysis for Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis. WSM, Women who have sex with men.