Syphilis in Pregnant Women and Congenital Syphilis in Japan, 2022 to 2023: A Warning for Other Countries
After a brief decline, syphilis case counts among pregnant women reported through Japan's national surveillance doubled from 2021 to 2023; congenital syphilis case counts/100,000 live births also doubled to >5. The unprecedented trends in Japan highlight the current heterosexual syphilis epidemic's relentlessness, with important implications for other countries.
Authors
- Yukihiro Akeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5325-4173)
- Takuya Yamagishi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9566-201X)
- Motoi Suzuki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8340-0880)
- Shunsuke Murai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4597-973X)
- Yuzo Arima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8711-7636)
- Ayu Kasamatsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1515-6238)
- Takuri Takahashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2482-7286)
- Maki Masutani
- Hanae Ito
- MASAMI KITAOKA
- Natsuko Nakamura
- Ayano Orime
Institutions
- National Institute of Infectious Diseases (JP)
- Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Published
- 2025-04-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/olq.0000000000002173
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16