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Homosexuality and Syphilis (view source)
Revision as of 06:08, October 7, 2007
, 06:08, October 7, 2007→Neuroneurosyphilis and Urban Homosexual Populations in the United States
{{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>}}
{{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==
==Neurosyphilis 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:
{{cquote|On June 29, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that [[neurosyphilis]] — a serious and rare form of syphilis, which can lead to blindness and stroke — had been found in HIV-positive gay and bisexual men in Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago and New York...
{{cquote|On June 29, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that [[neurosyphilis]] — a serious and rare form of syphilis, which can lead to blindness and stroke — had been found in HIV-positive gay and bisexual men in Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago and New York...
Critics are peeved that government bureaucrats in Los Angeles County, despite the raging syphilis and emergent neurosyphilis in gay men, have leisurely spent their time over the past year developing and testing yet another marketing campaign.<ref>http://www.laweekly.com/news/news/gay-syphilis-scourge-skyrockets/16798/</ref>}}
Critics are peeved that government bureaucrats in Los Angeles County, despite the raging syphilis and emergent neurosyphilis in gay men, have leisurely spent their time over the past year developing and testing yet another marketing campaign.<ref>http://www.laweekly.com/news/news/gay-syphilis-scourge-skyrockets/16798/</ref>}}
[[Peter LaBarbera]] reported the following regarding the issue of neurosyphilis and homosexuality:
{{cquote|The increase in syphilis cases among gay men, particularly among those who are HIV positive, has been a concern for years. Most troubling is the occurrence of early neurosyphilis, when the infection spreads to the central nervous system and the brain.
Now a review of 170 possible neurosyphilis cases in four cities – Los Angeles (74), New York (47), Chicago (32) and San Diego (17) – has shed new light on the risks for HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM). The review was published in the June 28 issue of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) “Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.”
The report looked at cases over a 30-month period, January 2002 to June 2004, and narrowed them to 99 patients who had evidence of syphilis in their blood and physical symptoms compatible with neurosyphilis. Of the total, 57 self-identified as MSM, while 49 were HIV positive.<ref>http://americansfortruth.com/issues/health-science/physical-health/page/2/</ref>}}
==Christian Commentary Regarding a Solution to the Growing Problem of Homosexuality and Syphilus==
==Christian Commentary Regarding a Solution to the Growing Problem of Homosexuality and Syphilus==