EDMONTON, July 18 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Health Canada is warning of a syphilis outbreak mostly around homosexual men. Seventeen cases of the previously rare sexually transmitted disease, syphilis, have sprung up since March in Edmonton. The outbreak, with cases mostly occurring in gay or bisexual men, is the first such outbreak in Edmonton since the mid-1980s. The Edmonton incident is not an isolated incident, however, with syphilis cases on the rise among ‘gay’ men in a number of North American and British cities which had no such problem a decade ago. Ottawa is on syphilis alert with 11 cases detected so far this year, mostly among men who have had sex with other men. Dr. Mann, from Health Canada’s sexual health and STD section, said there were four times as many syphilis cases in Canada in 2002 as there were in 1997 with the highest rates among males aged 30 to 39. See CBC report: https://edmonton.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=ed_syphilis20030718
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Homosexual Activity Prompts Surprising Syphilis Outbreak
EDMONTON, July 18 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Health Canada is warning of a syphilis outbreak mostly around homosexual men. Seventeen cases of the previously rare sexually transmitted disease, syphilis, have sprung up since March in Edmonton. The outbreak, with cases mostly occurring in gay or bisexual men, is the first such outbreak in Edmonton since the mid-1980s. The Edmonton incident is not an isolated incident, however, with syphilis cases on the rise among ‘gay’ men in a number of North American and British cities which had no such problem a decade ago. Ottawa is on syphilis alert with 11 cases detected […]
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