Twitter provided a more sensitive warning signal
for syphilis rates in US counties than the previous year's disease levels
Not exact matches
Meanwhile, the
rate of reported cases of
syphilis in the U.S. rose
for the seventh consecutive year — up 12 percent between 2006 and 2007 — according to preliminary data gathered by the U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
In Australia, where the figures
for 2017 have just been released,
rates of
syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia are the highest they have been since national recording began in the 1990s.
One way to predict an increase in
syphilis rates is to look at the current number of cases —
for example, each county that had a higher than average number of cases in 2012 saw a 0.6 per cent increase the following year.
Depending on your sexual activity, the infection
rates in your community, and your level of concern, you may want to be tested
for syphilis as well.
If you're a man who has sex with men Testing
for HIV and
syphilis is especially important in this group because there are high
rates of both infections among the men you're likely to have as partners.
While more and more people are turning to dating apps to meet singles
for long - term love and / or a casual affair, this trend appears to coincide with a rise in the
rates of
syphilis and HIV, too.
These are a significant public health issue
for Indigenous Australians, with
rates of chlamydia, gonorrhoea and
syphilis three times, 30 times and six times higher respectively than
for non-Indigenous Australians.
Rates of infidelity in «monogamous» relationships are also alarmingly high, hovering between 20 - 55 %, depending on what time frame you ask people about (e.g., having ever cheated versus cheated in the last 5 years).3 Sadly, when cheaters cheat, they typically do not take protective measures to reduce sexually transmitted infections 100 % of the time.1 Then, when they have sex with their primary partner, they rarely use barrier protection (e.g., condoms); this puts all partners at risk
for diseases such as
syphilis and HIV.