Responding to the syphilis outbreak in Japan: piloting a questionnaire to evaluate potential risk factors for incident syphilis infection among men who have sex with men in Tokyo, Japan, 2015

Authors

  • Masahiro Ishikane Field Epidemiology Training Program, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan; Division of Global Infectious Diseases, Department of Infection and Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan; Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
  • Yuzo Arima Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Ichiro Itoda Shirakaba Clinic, Tokyo, Japan
  • Takuri Takahashi Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Takuya Yamagishi Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Tamano Matsui Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Tomimasa Sunagawa Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Kazunori Oishi Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
  • Makoto Ohnishi Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2016.7.2.001

Abstract

To respond to the syphilis outbreak in men who have sex with men in Tokyo, we created a questionnaire to determine risk factors for syphilis acquisition. The questionnaire was piloted and we report those findings, and emphasize the importance of pretesting tools that ask sensitive questions among hard-to-reach populations.

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Published

11-07-2016

How to Cite

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Ishikane M, Arima Y, Itoda I, Takahashi T, Yamagishi T, Matsui T, Sunagawa T, Oishi K, Ohnishi M. Responding to the syphilis outbreak in Japan: piloting a questionnaire to evaluate potential risk factors for incident syphilis infection among men who have sex with men in Tokyo, Japan, 2015. Western Pac Surveill Response J [Internet]. 2016 Jul. 11 [cited 2024 Dec. 22];7(3). Available from: https://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/432

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 3 (2016): July – September

Section

Brief Report

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