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PRO/EDR> Syphilis – Canada (06): (BC) incr. incidence, MSM, women, congenital, comment

December 3, 2019 editor Global Disease Alerts
Syphilis -- CanadaIn 2018, there were 919 cases of infectious syphilis (that is, primary, secondary, and early latent syphilis) reported in British Columbia (18.4 per 100 000), an increase of 35% from 2017 (n=683). From 1 Jan to 30 Sep 2019, there were 821 infectious syphilis cases reported. Based on this, we project there will be 1095 cases of infectious syphilis reported in 2019 in British Columbia (projected rate, 21.7 per 100 000).While the majority of cases of infectious syphilis are among gay, Read more [...]
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