Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2019)

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

  • Takuya Kawahata,
  • Yoko Kojima,
  • Keiichi Furubayashi,
  • Koh Shinohara,
  • Tsunehiro Shimizu,
  • Jun Komano,
  • Haruyo Mori,
  • Kazushi Motomura

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.181690
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 8
pp. 1581 – 1583

Abstract

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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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