Table 1.

Syphilis testing practices at participating study sites

Site country	Number of contributing patients	Testing new patients	Testing symptomatic or suspected patients	Regular screening	Increased test frequency for any patients?	Median number of reported tests per patient per year (IQR)
South Korea	177	Yes	Yes	Every six months	No	2.07 (1.55–2.65)
Taiwan	343	Yes	Yes	Minimum every 12 months	Every six months for those subjectively assessed to be at high risk	1.17 (0.07–2.18)
Hong Kong	137	Yes	Yes	Minimum every 12 months	Every six months for MSM	1.84 (0.15–2.80)
Japan	83	Yes	Yes	No	No	0.54 (0.24–1.13)
Philippines	270	Yes	Yes	No	No	0.62 (0.40–0.84)

IQR, interquartile range; MSM, men who have sex with men.