HIV/AIDS -- United States
The purpose of this Public Health Advisory is to raise awareness about an increase in the number of syphilis cases reported during the first quarter of 2018. To date, there have been 20 confirmed cases and 2 probable cases of infectious syphilis reported in 2018. By comparison, annual case counts were 20, 20, and 21 for 2015, 2016, and 2017, respectively.
Most (80 percent) of the cases in 2018 occurred in Anchorage; 90 percent were in males; and ages ranged from 2063 years, with 80
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