High prevalence and incidence of rectal Chlamydia infection among men who have sex with men in Japan.

BACKGROUND:Rectal Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) infections have been neglected and epidemiological data are unavailable in Japan. Thus, we evaluated the prevalence and incidence of rectal CT/NG in a cohort of HIV-negative men who have sex with men (MSM), which was establi...

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Main Authors: Daisuke Mizushima, Misao Takano, Haruka Uemura, Yasuaki Yanagawa, Takahiro Aoki, Koji Watanabe, Hiroyuki Gatanaga, Yoshimi Kikuchi, Shinichi Oka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220072