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Rates of diagnosis are higher in urban coastal areas. [10] This may be due to sexual practices or better diagnosis in these areas. [10] Rates of syphilis in 2000–2005 among low-risk groups such as women without children and unmarried people were about 0.3–0.6% while rates among high-risk groups such as drug users and MSM were about 7–15% ...
Nearly 80% increase in five years. From 2018 to 2022, syphilis cases have risen nearly 80%, the highest number of cases since 1950, national data shows. ... “American Indian or Alaska Native ...
The history of syphilis has been well studied, but the exact origin of the disease remains unknown. [3] It appears to have originated in both Africa and America. [4] [5] As such, there are two primary hypotheses: one proposes that syphilis was carried to Europe from the Americas by the crew(s) of Christopher Columbus as a byproduct of the Columbian exchange, while the other proposes that ...
Latent syphilis has no symptoms and can last years. [2] In tertiary syphilis, there are gummas (soft, non-cancerous growths), neurological problems, or heart symptoms. [3] Syphilis has been known as "the great imitator", because it may cause symptoms similar to many other diseases. [2] [3] Syphilis is most commonly spread through sexual ...
Cases of congenital syphilis are increasing as rates of syphilis and other STIs in adults are increasing as well. In 2011, there were 6.7 cases of syphilis for every 100,000 Tarrant county ...
A staggering 207,000 syphilis cases were reported in the US in 2022 — an 80% increase since 2018. Syphilis cases soar to highest level in 70 years — CDC sounds alarm over ‘unacceptable’ crisis
South Dakota outpaced any other state for the highest rate of infectious syphilis at 84 cases per 100,000 people — more than twice as high as the state with the second-highest rate, New Mexico.
English: This graph entitled, Congenital Syphilis, Primary and Secondary Rates, by Year – United States, 1992-1998, revealed the parallel relationship in the rates of these illnesses over this six year period. The number of congenital syphilis case were measured as per every 100,000 live births, while the primary and secondary syphilis cases ...