SYPHILIS CLIMBS BY 40 PERCENT IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY IN 2005

US Fed News Service, Including US State News | June 1, 2006 | Copyright

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services issued the following news release:

Following a level off in 2004, early syphilis cases (infections contracted within the past year) in L.A. County climbed steeply in 2005, reaching 1,217 total cases a 40% increase from 2004 (865 cases), and a 188% increase from total reported in the County in 2001 (423 cases).

Men who have sex with men (MSM) continue to be most affected by syphilis in L.A. County, with two thirds of syphilis cases in 2005 reported in MSM. However, female cases increased even more rapidly in 2005, going from 89 cases (10.2% ...

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