Friday, 27 May 2016

PRO/EDR> Syphilis - Europe (02): Sweden (VG) incidence up, condom use down, MSM

Syphilis -- Sweden
Syphilis is on the increase in Sweden, with the number of new cases more than tripling in some parts of the country.
Medical magazine Dagens Medicin says that the Västra Götaland region on Sweden's west coast is the area where the disease has spread the sharpest, with the number of cases increasing from only 10 in 2010, to 51 in 2015. One of the most affected groups is men who have sex with other men.
Syphilis, a bacterial infection, is recognizable in small, painless sores that

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/25mMQ0T

No comments:

Post a Comment