Short Communication: Impact of COVID-19 on Case Reporting for HTLV and HIV-2 in Spain

The medical demand imposed by COVID-19 has distracted proper care of other illnesses. Herein, we report the impact on new diagnoses HTLV-1, HTLV-2, and HIV-2 in Spain, where these infections are mostly driven immigration flows from endemic regions. As expected, case reporting declined for all three retroviral with respect to prior years. Furthermore, late presentations were more common. two major reasons observations significant declines arrival foreigners regions a shift resources prioritize COVID-19.