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The British Medical Journal ([[BMJ]]) wrote the following regarding the recent upsurge in respect to homosexual syphilis:

The British Medical Journal ([[BMJ]]) wrote the following regarding the recent upsurge in respect to homosexual syphilis:

{{cquote|Between the 1960s and the late 1970s homosexually acquired syphilitic infection increased, in keeping with liberalization 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 localized 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 liberalization 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 localized 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]]: