Trends in Syphilis Incidence and Its Association With the Number of Sex Industry-Related Businesses in Japan: An Ecological Study Using Joinpoint Analysis
The significant increase in syphilis cases in Japan among men and women may be related to an increase in non-store-based, dispatch-type fashion health sex-related businesses. These findings indicate that public health policies should consider these specific social and behavioral factors in future interventions.
Authors
- Nobuyuki Miyatake (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5584-5535)
- Hisayoshi Morioka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2282-1462)
- Yoshiro Mori
- Kiyotaka Tanimoto
- Yuka Mori
Institutions
- Kagawa University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cureus
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.83294
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Sex work and related issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.40