Syphilis testing among spouses of patients with syphilis in Japan: an epidemiological study using an administrative claims database

Int J STD AIDS. 2020 Mar;31(3):214-220. doi: 10.1177/0956462419892779. Epub 2020 Jan 28.

Authors

Keisuke Matsubayashi¹, Koji Kawakami¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pharmacoepidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

PMID: 31992144
DOI: 10.1177/0956462419892779

No abstract available

Keywords: Asia; Syphilis (Treponema pallidum); epidemiology; heterosexual; screening.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Administrative Claims, Healthcare
Adult
Aged
Contact Tracing* / methods
Contact Tracing* / statistics & numerical data
Epidemiologic Studies
Female
Humans
Japan / epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Spouses / statistics & numerical data*
Syphilis / diagnosis*
Syphilis Serodiagnosis / statistics & numerical data*
Treponema pallidum / isolation & purification*
Young Adult