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The British Medical Journal (BMJ) wrote the folowing regarding the recent upsurge in respect to homosexual syphilus:

The British Medical Journal (BMJ) wrote the folowing regarding the recent upsurge in respect to homosexual syphilus:

{{cquote|Between the 1960s and the late 1970s homosexually acquired syphilitic infection increased, in keeping with liberalisation of attitudes towards homosexual behaviour.7 Changes in behaviour in response to HIV/AIDS, particularly among homosexual men, may have contributed to dramatic reductions in syphilis in the 1980s. During the 1990s, until 1998, the number of cases of infectious syphilis diagnosed remained stable among both sexes in England, but then more than doubled between 1998 and 2000 (from 172 to 372) in men and rose by 53% (102 to 156) in women (figure).8 In 2000, 48% of syphilis infections in men were homosexually acquired, rates being highest in London (men 2.9/100 000; women 0.8/100 000) and in north west England (men 2.0/100 000; women 0.2/100 000) regions. The increases that have been observed over recent years are largely due to several localised outbreaks.<ref>http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/325/7356/153</ref>}}

{{cquote|Between the 1960s and the late 1970s homosexually acquired syphilitic infection increased, in keeping with liberalisation of attitudes towards homosexual behaviour.7 Changes in behaviour in response to HIV/AIDS, particularly among homosexual men, may have contributed to dramatic reductions in syphilis in the 1980s. During the 1990s, until 1998, the number of cases of infectious syphilis diagnosed remained stable among both sexes in England, but then more than doubled between 1998 and 2000 (from 172 to 372) in men and rose by 53% (102 to 156) in women (figure).8 In 2000, 48% of syphilis infections in men were homosexually acquired, rates being highest in London (men 2.9/100 000; women 0.8/100 000) and in north west England (men 2.0/100 000; women 0.2/100 000) regions. The increases that have been observed over recent years are largely due to several localised outbreaks.<ref>http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/325/7356/153</ref>}}

===San Francisco and Syphilis===

==San Francisco and Syphilis==

[[Medscape]] recently reported the following in regards to syphilis and [[San Francisco]]:

[[Medscape]] recently reported the following in regards to syphilis and [[San Francisco]]:

{{cquote|During the summer of 1999, an outbreak of early syphilis among men who have sex with men (MSM) who met their sex partners on the Internet[1] presaged a rapidly expanding syphilis epidemic in San Francisco. By 2002, San Francisco had the highest rates of primary and secondary syphilis of any metropolitan area in the United States.[2] During 1998-2002, the number of early syphilis cases increased, from 41 cases in 1998 to 495 cases in 2002.[3] Concomitant with the increase in early syphilis was an increase in the proportion of cases among MSM, from 22% in 1998 to 88% in 2002.<ref>http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/466232</ref>}}

{{cquote|During the summer of 1999, an outbreak of early syphilis among men who have sex with men (MSM) who met their sex partners on the Internet[1] presaged a rapidly expanding syphilis epidemic in San Francisco. By 2002, San Francisco had the highest rates of primary and secondary syphilis of any metropolitan area in the United States.[2] During 1998-2002, the number of early syphilis cases increased, from 41 cases in 1998 to 495 cases in 2002.[3] Concomitant with the increase in early syphilis was an increase in the proportion of cases among MSM, from 22% in 1998 to 88% in 2002.<ref>http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/466232</ref>}}

 

==Neuroneurosyphilis and Urban Homosexual Populations in the United States==

==Neuroneurosyphilis and Urban Homosexual Populations in the United States==

The LA Weekly reported the following in July of 2007:

The LA Weekly reported the following in July of 2007: