COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on other infections in Northwest Russia

• Published in: HIV Infection and Immunosuppressive Disorders
• Main Authors: N. A. Belyakov, E. V. Boeva, O. E. Simakina, Yu. S. Svetlichnaya, S. V. Ogurtsova, S. L. Serebryakova, E. V. Esaulenko, Z. M. Zagdyn, A. V. Yazenok, D. A. Lioznov, I. O. Stoma, Н. А. Беляков, Е. В. Боева, О. Е. Симакина, Ю. С. Светличная, С. В. Огурцова, С. Л. Серебрякова, Е. В. Эсауленко, З. М. Загдын, А. В. Язенок, Д. А. Лиознов, И. О. Стома
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Baltic Medical Education Center 2022
• Subjects: интерференция; viral hepatitis C; COVID-19; influenza; tuberculosis; acute respiratory infections; syndemia; interference; вирусный гепатит С; грипп; туберкулез; острые респираторные инфекции; синдемия; Murmansk; Pasteur; karelia*; Northwest Russia
• Online Access: https://hiv.bmoc-spb.ru/jour/article/view/695; https://doi.org/10.22328/2077-9828-2022-14-1-7-24

The purpose statement is to assess the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the epidemics of HIV infection, viral hepatitis C (HCV), tuberculosis, influenza, and acute respiratory infections in the North-Western Federal District (NWFD) of the Russian Federation during two years of spreading COVID-19 from the standpoint of the possible formation of syndemia or interference between pathogens.Materials and methods. Data collection on HIV infection and HCV was carried out by Pasteur Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology at St. Petersburg Medical Information and Analytical Center using data from federal state statistical observation forms and our own research materials. The indicators of excess mortality from all causes for 2020 in the Northwestern Federal District (NWFD) and in the Russian Federation were analyzed according to the data of the Federal State Statistics Service (ROSSTAT). The results of epidemiological surveillance of HIV infection, viral hepatitis C (HCV), and tuberculosis in the Russian Federation and in the NWED in 2020 and 2021 in comparison with previous years are summarized. Studies of influenza and SARS were carried out by Smorodintsev Research Institute of Influenza and Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology in cooperation with regional support bases. PCR detection of ARVI pathogens was carried out.Results and discussion. An analysis of epidemic indicators across the territories of the Northwestern Federal District of the Russian Federation made it possible to identify the following features: heterogeneity of the incidence of COVID-19 in the population in terms of time and intensity; the prevalence of morbidity in the metropolis (St. Petersburg) and industrial northern regions (the republics of Karelia and Komi). In a comparative aspect, the NWFD belongs to regions with high morbidity and mortality in the Russian Federation. St. Petersburg (378 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021) ranks second after Moscow. In turn, the Vologda, Murmansk, ...