Bejel, a Nonvenereal Treponematosis, among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Japan

Bejel, an endemic treponematosis caused by infection with Treponema pallidum subspecies endemicum, has not been reported in eastern Asia and the Pacific region. We report local spread of bejel among men who have sex with men in Japan. Spread was complicated by venereal syphilis.

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Autores principales: Kawahata, Takuya, Kojima, Yoko, Furubayashi, Keiichi, Shinohara, Koh, Shimizu, Tsunehiro, Komano, Jun, Mori, Haruyo, Motomura, Kazushi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6649352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31310214
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.181690
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author Kawahata, Takuya
Kojima, Yoko
Furubayashi, Keiichi
Shinohara, Koh
Shimizu, Tsunehiro
Komano, Jun
Mori, Haruyo
Motomura, Kazushi
author_facet Kawahata, Takuya
Kojima, Yoko
Furubayashi, Keiichi
Shinohara, Koh
Shimizu, Tsunehiro
Komano, Jun
Mori, Haruyo
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description Bejel, an endemic treponematosis caused by infection with Treponema pallidum subspecies endemicum, has not been reported in eastern Asia and the Pacific region. We report local spread of bejel among men who have sex with men in Japan. Spread was complicated by venereal syphilis.
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spelling pubmed-66493522019-08-01 Bejel, a Nonvenereal Treponematosis, among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Japan Kawahata, Takuya Kojima, Yoko Furubayashi, Keiichi Shinohara, Koh Shimizu, Tsunehiro Komano, Jun Mori, Haruyo Motomura, Kazushi Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Bejel, an endemic treponematosis caused by infection with Treponema pallidum subspecies endemicum, has not been reported in eastern Asia and the Pacific region. We report local spread of bejel among men who have sex with men in Japan. Spread was complicated by venereal syphilis. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6649352/ /pubmed/31310214 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.181690 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Kawahata, Takuya
Kojima, Yoko
Furubayashi, Keiichi
Shinohara, Koh
Shimizu, Tsunehiro
Komano, Jun
Mori, Haruyo
Motomura, Kazushi
Bejel, a Nonvenereal Treponematosis, among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Japan
title Bejel, a Nonvenereal Treponematosis, among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Japan
title_full Bejel, a Nonvenereal Treponematosis, among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Japan
title_fullStr Bejel, a Nonvenereal Treponematosis, among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Japan
title_full_unstemmed Bejel, a Nonvenereal Treponematosis, among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Japan
title_short Bejel, a Nonvenereal Treponematosis, among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Japan
title_sort bejel, a nonvenereal treponematosis, among men who have sex with men, japan
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6649352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31310214
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.181690
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