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Syphilis infections rising dramatically among homosexuals

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Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia The New Brunswick Health Department has issued a warning that syphilis is spreading at an increasing rate among the province’s homosexuals and that strategies to prevent infection and reduce risk of transmission by infected individuals seem to be ineffective. According to the  January issue  of the New Brunswick Disease Watch Bulletin, infection numbers have gone from fewer than five cases per year before 2012, to 9 in 2014, 37 in 2017 and 57 last year, with 10 cases already reported in the first two months of this year. The New Brunswick Health Department is particularly concerned that most of the syphilis infections are occurring in the homosexual community. “Since late 2012, 92 per cent of cases have been male. Most male cases have reported only male sex partners ( MSM ),” the Disease Watch Bulletin states, highlighting that the disease does not seem to involve traditional high-risk groups such as pro...

Syphilis infections rising dramatically among New Brunswick homosexuals

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Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia FREDERICTON , February 28, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - The New Brunswick Health Department has issued a warning that syphilis is spreading at an increasing rate among the province’s homosexuals and that strategies to prevent infection and reduce risk of transmission by infected individuals seem to be ineffective. According to the  January issue  of the New Brunswick Disease Watch Bulletin, infection numbers have gone from fewer than five cases per year before 2008, to 9 in 2009, 37 in 2010 and 57 last year, with 10 cases already reported in the first two months of this year. The New Brunswick Health Department is particularly concerned that most of the syphilis infections are occurring in the homosexual community. “Since late 2009, 92 per cent of cases have been male. Most male cases have reported only male sex partners ( MSM ),” the Disease Watch Bulletin states, highlighting that the disease does not seem to involve traditional...