Sunday, 20 November 2016

PRO/EDR> Syphilis - USA (13): (WA) intravenous illicit drug use

Syphilis -- United States
Syphilis is surging in Pierce County. When Madeline Meisburger warns her clients at the needle exchange about syphilis, many don't know much about the disease except that it was the downfall of a legendary gangster. "I've had a lot of people say, "Oh that's the one that makes you crazy," or they'll say "Is that what Al Capone had?," said Meisburger, a community outreach worker with the Point Defiance AIDS Project. "I'll say yes, but they had very late stages of syphilis, and I always tell them

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