syphilis
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This bacterium is responsible for several serious infectious diseases today, including syphilis.
From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026
Each causes a different disease: syphilis, yaws, and bejel.
From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026
Figures show that gay and bisexual men are disproportionately affected by STIs, accounting for 75% of syphilis and 70% gonorrhoea cases in London last year.
From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025
In Fayetteville, North Carolina, in 2020, as in other military towns across the U.S., rates of sexually transmitted infections like syphilis, herpes simplex and HIV are among the highest in the country.
From Salon • Jul. 20, 2025
In Baltimore, syphilis spreads far more in the summer than in the winter.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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