Syphilis -- Australia
- A syphilis outbreak has spread to Adelaide [capital of the Australian state of South Australia/SA].
- There have been 64 cases reported in SA, including an infant, since 2016.
- An outbreak of the disease started in Queensland in early 2011.
SA Health issued an alert to medical practitioners, advising the syphilis outbreak had formally been extended to Adelaide after previously being in place in the state's Far North, Eyre Peninsula, and western regions. [See ProMED-mail. Syphilis -
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6153068&promed&0
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