Case-control study of risk factors for incident syphilis infection among men who have sex with men in Tokyo, Japan

• Main Authors: Masahiro Ishikane (Author), Yuzo Arima (Author), Ichiro Itoda (Author), Takuya Yamagishi (Author), Takuri Takahashi (Author), Tamano Matsui (Author), Tomimasa Sunagawa (Author), Makoto Ohnishi (Author), Kazunori Oishi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: In Japan, syphilis notifications have increased. Men who have sex with men (MSM) in Tokyo have contributed substantially to the increase in syphilis notifications. We thus aimed to determine the correlates of incident syphilis among them. Methods: MSM who attended a Tokyo clinic that s...