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  2. Houston is experiencing an outbreak of syphilis, the city’s health department recently revealed.Cases of the sexually transmitted infection jumped a jaw-dropping 128% in women from 2019 to 2022 ...

  3. Cases of syphilis hit dangerous record high, CDC says ... - AOL

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    Cases of syphilis have hit record high numbers following a five-year trend, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. ... Tuberculosis outbreak came from infected bone grafts, CDC says ...

  4. The US hasn't seen syphilis numbers this high since 1950 ...

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    NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. syphilis epidemic isn't abating, with the rate of infectious cases rising 9% in 2022, according to a new federal government report on sexually transmitted diseases in ...

  5. History of syphilis - Wikipedia

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    The first recorded outbreak of syphilis in Europe occurred in 1494/1495 in Naples, Italy, during a French invasion. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Because it was spread geographically by French troops returning from that campaign, the disease was known as "French disease", and it was not until 1530 that the term "syphilis" was first applied by the Italian ...

  6. List of notable disease outbreaks in the United States

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    1947 New York City smallpox outbreak; 1962-1965 rubella epidemic [2] 1976 Philadelphia Legionnaires' disease outbreak; 1976 swine flu outbreak; 1987 Carroll County cryptosporidiosis outbreak; 1990–1991 Philadelphia measles outbreak; 1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak; 1992–1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak; 1993 Milwaukee ...

  7. Syphilis - Wikipedia

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    Syphilis (/ ˈ s ɪ f ə l ɪ s /) is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. [1] The signs and symptoms depend on the stage it presents: primary, secondary, latent or tertiary.

  8. After outbreak, Shawnee County makes up over one-fourth of ...

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    An outbreak of syphilis in Shawnee County. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection that is spread through direct contact with sores, during unprotected sex and from a pregnant person to their ...

  9. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    1759 North America measles outbreak 1759 North America Measles: Unknown [109] 1760 Charleston smallpox epidemic 1760 Charleston, British North America: Smallpox: 730–940 [110] [111] 1762 Havana yellow fever epidemic 1762 Havana, Cuba: Yellow fever: 8,000 [106] 1763 Pittsburgh area smallpox outbreak 1763 North America, present-day Pittsburgh ...