Open AccessOutbreak of syphilis in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Author(s) -
Willem van der Meijden,
Eric van der Snoek,
K. Haks,
M J W van de Laar
Publication year - 2002
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.06.13.02103-en
Subject(s) - erasmus+ , syphilis , outbreak , medicine , secondary syphilis , pediatrics , family medicine , virology , history , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , the renaissance , art history
In the second half of 2001, the outpatients’ clinic for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) of the Erasmus Medisch Centrum Rotterdam (Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam) in the Netherlands reported 16 cases of infectious syphilis (six primary and 10 secondary cases), compared with four cases in the first half of 2001 and six cases in the whole of 2000 (figure 1).