Current status of syphilis in pregnant women in Japan

We examined the current status of syphilis-infected pregnant Japanese women, according to the results of syphilis screening and confirmation tests of women who gave birth in Japan between October, 2015 and March, 2016. We requested 2458 obstetrical facilities to provide information of syphilis scree...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inThe journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine Vol. 30; no. 23; p. 2881
Main Authors Suzuki, Shunji, Sekizawa, Akihiko, Tanaka, Masanobu, Okai, Takashi, Kinoshita, Katsuyuki, Kitamura, Tadaichi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 02.12.2017
Subjects
Adult
Female
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical - statistics & numerical data
Japan - epidemiology
Mass Screening
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - diagnosis
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious - epidemiology
Syphilis - diagnosis
Syphilis - epidemiology
Syphilis - transmission
Syphilis, Congenital - diagnosis
Syphilis, Congenital - epidemiology
Young Adult
pregnant women
Japan
Syphilis
Treponema pallidum
mother-to-child transmission
Online AccessGet more information

Cover

More Information
Summary:We examined the current status of syphilis-infected pregnant Japanese women, according to the results of syphilis screening and confirmation tests of women who gave birth in Japan between October, 2015 and March, 2016. We requested 2458 obstetrical facilities to provide information of syphilis screening tests and 78.1% of them responded. Considering the response rate and the rate of implementation of confirmation tests, the number of syphilis-infected pregnant Japanese women was estimated to be 250 (1/4022) per year.
ISSN:1476-4954
DOI:10.1080/14767058.2016.1266477