Increase in primary and secondary syphilis notifications in Men in Tokyo, 2007–2013

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 154-157

  Sugishita, Yoshiyuki ^a,d   Yamagishi, Takuya ^b   Arima, Yuzo ^b   Hori, Narumi ^c   Seki, Naomi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Chuo City Public Health Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; YOUNG ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; INCIDENCE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SYPHILIS; TOKYO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961635284     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 18842836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2015.312     Document Type: Article

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