Open AccessOutbreaks of infectious syphilis and other STIs in men who have sex with men in Barcelona, 2002-3
Author(s) -
Martí Vall Mayans,
Benicio Sanz,
P Armengol,
Eva Loureiro
Publication year - 2004
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.08.44.02578-en
Subject(s) - syphilis , outbreak , men who have sex with men , medicine , incidence (geometry) , demography , virology , environmental health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , physics , sociology , optics
In recent years, rising incidence of sexually transmitted infections, including several outbreaks of infectious syphilis cases, have been reported in major European cities. Around 80% of the cases of infectious syphilis in these outbreaks were diagnosed in men who have sex with men (MSM) engaging in high risk behaviour