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In a report on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) issued Tuesday, the government said syphilis, a disease that was almost eliminated as a public health threat less than 10 years ago, is on the rise -- with cases increasing each year since 2000.<ref>[http://cnsnews.com/news/article/homosexual-men-account-65-percent-syphilis-cases-cdc-study-finds Homosexual Men Account for 65 Percent of Syphilis Cases, CDC Study Finds]</ref>}}
In a report on sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) issued Tuesday, the government said syphilis, a disease that was almost eliminated as a public health threat less than 10 years ago, is on the rise -- with cases increasing each year since 2000.<ref>[http://cnsnews.com/news/article/homosexual-men-account-65-percent-syphilis-cases-cdc-study-finds Homosexual Men Account for 65 Percent of Syphilis Cases, CDC Study Finds]</ref>}}
The CDC also stated that their data suggests that approximately 64 percent of all adult primary and secondary [[syphilis]] cases in 2004 were among men who have sex with men.<ref>[http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r051108.htm New CDC Data Show Syphilis Increasing in Men, CDC Media Relations Press Release, November 8, 2005]</ref> In 2003 in the [[United States]] syphilis rates were epidemic among homosexuals in urban areas.<ref>http://www.aegis.com/conferences/NHIVPC/2003/MP-066.html</ref>
The CDC also stated that their data suggests that approximately 64 percent of all adult primary and secondary [[syphilis]] cases in 2004 were among men who have sex with men.<ref>[https://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r051108.htm New CDC Data Show Syphilis Increasing in Men, CDC Media Relations Press Release, November 8, 2005]</ref> In 2003 in the [[United States]] syphilis rates were epidemic among homosexuals in urban areas.<ref>http://www.aegis.com/conferences/NHIVPC/2003/MP-066.html</ref>
[[Concerned Women of America]] reported:
[[Concerned Women of America]] reported:
The medical literature has many articles associating homosexuality with syphilis or reporting syphilis is increasing among homosexual men in various countries (syphilis is increasing in many developed countries among the homosexual men population).<ref>
The medical literature has many articles associating homosexuality with syphilis or reporting syphilis is increasing among homosexual men in various countries (syphilis is increasing in many developed countries among the homosexual men population).<ref>
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17463387&ordinalpos=14&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum ''Trends in primary and secondary syphilis among men who have sex with men in the United States'',American Journal of Public Health, Heffelfinger JD, Swint EB, Berman SM, Weinstock HS, 2007 Jun;97(6):1076-83]
*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17463387&ordinalpos=14&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum ''Trends in primary and secondary syphilis among men who have sex with men in the United States'',American Journal of Public Health, Heffelfinger JD, Swint EB, Berman SM, Weinstock HS, 2007 Jun;97(6):1076-83]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17609033&ordinalpos=5&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum ''A syphilis outbreak: recent trends in infectious syphilis in Birmingham, UK, in 2005 and control strategies, International Journal of STD & AIDS'', Yarlagadda S, Acharya S, Goold P, Ward DJ, Ross JD., 2007 Jun;18(6):410-2]
*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17609033&ordinalpos=5&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum ''A syphilis outbreak: recent trends in infectious syphilis in Birmingham, UK, in 2005 and control strategies, International Journal of STD & AIDS'', Yarlagadda S, Acharya S, Goold P, Ward DJ, Ross JD., 2007 Jun;18(6):410-2]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17507325&ordinalpos=11&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Outbreak of syphilis, but not of acute hepatitis C, among HIV-infected homosexual men in Madrid, HIV Clinical Trials, 2007 Mar-Apr;8(2):98-101]
*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17507325&ordinalpos=11&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Outbreak of syphilis, but not of acute hepatitis C, among HIV-infected homosexual men in Madrid, HIV Clinical Trials, 2007 Mar-Apr;8(2):98-101]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17331279&ordinalpos=20&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum ''Methamphetamine use and sexual risk behaviours among men who have sex with men diagnosed with early syphilis in Los Angeles County, International Journal of STD & AIDS'', 2007 Feb;18(2):93-7''.]
*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17331279&ordinalpos=20&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum ''Methamphetamine use and sexual risk behaviours among men who have sex with men diagnosed with early syphilis in Los Angeles County, International Journal of STD & AIDS'', 2007 Feb;18(2):93-7''.]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17179773&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus ''Rising rates of syphilis in the era of syphilis elimination, Sexually Transmitted Diseases'', 2007 Mar;34(3):154-61]
*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17179773&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus ''Rising rates of syphilis in the era of syphilis elimination, Sexually Transmitted Diseases'', 2007 Mar;34(3):154-61]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17609034&ordinalpos=4&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum ''The syphilis outbreak in Northern Ireland, International journal of STD & AIDS'', 2007 Jun;18(6):413-7]
*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17609034&ordinalpos=4&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum ''The syphilis outbreak in Northern Ireland, International journal of STD & AIDS'', 2007 Jun;18(6):413-7]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17279049&ordinalpos=26&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum ''HIV-1, sexually transmitted infections, and sexual behavior trends among men who have sex with men in Lima, Peru, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes'', 2007 Apr 15;44(5):578-85]
*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17279049&ordinalpos=26&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum ''HIV-1, sexually transmitted infections, and sexual behavior trends among men who have sex with men in Lima, Peru, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes'', 2007 Apr 15;44(5):578-85]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17197882&ordinalpos=30&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum ''The resurgence of syphilis among men who have sex with men, Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases'', 2007 Feb;20(1):54-9]
*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17197882&ordinalpos=30&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum ''The resurgence of syphilis among men who have sex with men, Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases'', 2007 Feb;20(1):54-9]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17044220&ordinalpos=41&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum ''Making sense of syphilis: beliefs, behaviours and disclosure among gay men recently diagnosed with infectious syphilis and the implications for prevention, Sexual Health'', 2006 Sep;3(3):155-61]
*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17044220&ordinalpos=41&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum ''Making sense of syphilis: beliefs, behaviours and disclosure among gay men recently diagnosed with infectious syphilis and the implications for prevention, Sexual Health'', 2006 Sep;3(3):155-61]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=16794277&ordinalpos=53&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum ''Re-emergence of syphilis in Sweden: results from a surveillance study for 2004, Euro Surveillance'', 2005 Nov 10;10(11):E051110.2 ]
*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=16794277&ordinalpos=53&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum ''Re-emergence of syphilis in Sweden: results from a surveillance study for 2004, Euro Surveillance'', 2005 Nov 10;10(11):E051110.2 ]
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=11374006&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis are increasing among homosexual men'',Läkartidningen, 2001 Apr 11;98(15):1793-5]</ref>
*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=11374006&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis are increasing among homosexual men'',Läkartidningen, 2001 Apr 11;98(15):1793-5]</ref>
==British Medical Journal Overview of Homosexuality and Syphilis==
==British Medical Journal Overview of Homosexuality and Syphilis==
The British Medical Journal ([[BMJ]]) wrote:
The British Medical Journal ([[BMJ]]) wrote:
==Syphilis, Gay Bowel Syndrome, and HIV Infection==
==Syphilis, Gay Bowel Syndrome, and HIV Infection==
Syphilis is one of the conditions associated with [[Gay bowel syndrome|gay bowel syndome]] which is condition which has been linked to [[HIV]] infection.<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=946385&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus The gay bowel syndrome: clinico-pathologic correlation in 260 cases.], Kazal HL, Sohn N, Carrasco JI, Robilotti JG, Delaney WE., ''Annals of Clinical & Laboratory Science'', Ann Clin Lab Sci. 1976 Mar-Apr;6(2):184-92.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081120130223/http://www.hopkins-hivguide.org/literature_review/02-2004/new_look_at_gay_bowel_syndrome.html Johns Hopkins HIV Guide, review of the literature - essentially duplicate of Medscape's New Look at Gay Bowel Syndrome], 2004, Wayback machine</ref><ref>[http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/470936_4 Medscape - New Look at "Gay Bowel Syndrome"]</ref>
Syphilis is one of the conditions associated with [[Gay bowel syndrome|gay bowel syndome]] which is condition which has been linked to [[HIV]] infection.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=PubMed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=946385&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVAbstractPlus The gay bowel syndrome: clinico-pathologic correlation in 260 cases.], Kazal HL, Sohn N, Carrasco JI, Robilotti JG, Delaney WE., ''Annals of Clinical & Laboratory Science'', Ann Clin Lab Sci. 1976 Mar-Apr;6(2):184-92.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081120130223/http://www.hopkins-hivguide.org/literature_review/02-2004/new_look_at_gay_bowel_syndrome.html Johns Hopkins HIV Guide, review of the literature - essentially duplicate of Medscape's New Look at Gay Bowel Syndrome], 2004, Wayback machine</ref><ref>[http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/470936_4 Medscape - New Look at "Gay Bowel Syndrome"]</ref>
==See also==
==See also==