Syphilis -- New Zealand
Martin [fictitious name] has had syphilis 3 times. The first case put him in Dunedin hospital with a brain disease. The disease is caused by _Treponema pallidum_, a corkscrew-shaped bacterium that can be passed on through sex, and spread through the bloodstream. It may cause small ulcers around his genitals or mouth and then copper-coloured sores on hands and feet, but Martin (not his real name) does not recall. There may even have been no symptoms. The first Martin knew something was wrong
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5681604&promed&0
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