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Brief Report

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of people living with HIV and ocular syphilis during the COVID-19 health emergency

Edgar Pérez-Barragána Department of Infectious Diseases, Clínica Especializada Condesa Iztapalapa, Mexico City, MexicoORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3839-1567View further author information
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Juan Carlos Rodríguez-Aldamaa Department of Infectious Diseases, Clínica Especializada Condesa Iztapalapa, Mexico City, MexicoCorrespondence[email protected]
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Paulina Rodríguez-Badillob Department of Ophthalmology, Clínica Especializada Condesa Iztapalapa, Mexico City, MexicoORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0009-0001-2105-0571View further author information
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Karyme Guadalupe Villegas-Morenoa Department of Infectious Diseases, Clínica Especializada Condesa Iztapalapa, Mexico City, MexicoView further author information
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Gabriel Ezequiel Galindo-Magañaa Department of Infectious Diseases, Clínica Especializada Condesa Iztapalapa, Mexico City, MexicoView further author information
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Berenice González-Floresa Department of Infectious Diseases, Clínica Especializada Condesa Iztapalapa, Mexico City, MexicoView further author information
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Andrea González-Rodríguezc Clínica Especializada Condesa Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, MexicoView further author information
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Raul Adrián Cruz-Floresd Department of Epidemiology, Clínica Especializada Condesa Iztapalapa, Mexico City, MexicoView further author information
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Article: 2359791 | Received 09 Mar 2024, Accepted 21 May 2024, Published online: 03 Jun 2024

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