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  2. But syphilis isn’t just on the rise in Houston: Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published in April found that, while syphilis cases made up a fraction of sexually ...

  3. Syphilis - Wikipedia

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    The CDC recommends that sexually active men who have sex with men be tested at least yearly. [56] The USPSTF also recommends screening among those at high risk. [57] Syphilis is a notifiable disease in many countries, including Canada, [58] the European Union, [59] and the United States. [60]

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

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    In a recent CDC report, Vital Signs, data showed that in 2022 almost 9 out of 10 congenital syphilis cases could have been prevented if the mother had been tested and treated for the disease ...

  5. Epidemiology of syphilis - Wikipedia

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    CDC data shows that in 2020, 134,000 cases of syphilis were reported in the United States, rising to 176,000 in 2021, a large jump from the rate of syphilis recorded in the early 2000s, where only about 30,000 cases per year were registered. [24] Reports in 2023 show a rise of more than 900 percent in Mississippi over five years. [25] [26] [27 ...

  6. Sexually transmitted infection - Wikipedia

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    A sexually transmitted infection (STI), also referred to as a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and the older term venereal disease (VD), is an infection that is spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex, oral sex, or sometimes manual sex.

  7. Syphilis cases soar to highest level in 70 years — CDC sounds ...

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    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

  8. As congenital syphilis rates soar in Michigan and US, CDC ...

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    Michigan saw a 200% increase in the rate of congenital syphilis from 2017-2021, as a rising number of babies in the U.S. are born with the infection.

  9. Nonvenereal endemic syphilis - Wikipedia

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    Bejel, or endemic syphilis, is a chronic skin and tissue disease caused by infection by the endemicum subspecies of the spirochete Treponema pallidum. Bejel is one of the "endemic treponematoses" ( endemic infections caused by spiral-shaped bacteria called treponemes ), a group that also includes yaws and pinta .