[[Medscape]] recently reported the following in regards to syphilis and [[San Francisco]]:
[[Medscape]] recently reported the following in regards to syphilis and [[San Francisco]]:
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{{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>}}
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{{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 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==