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Syphilis and Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV): resurgent sexually transmitted infections in the UK

This 2009 report by the HPA, now part of PHE, gives details of the continuing epidemic of infectious syphilis and LGV.

From:
Public Health England
Published
1 June 2009

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This report is no longer in use. For current information see STIs: surveillance, data, screening and management.

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[Withdrawn] Syphilis and Lymphogranuloma venereum: resurgent sexually transmitted infections in the UK, 2009 report

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Details

Findings of this report from the Health Protection Agency (HPA), now part of Public Health England (PHE), include:

  • epidemics of infectious syphilis and Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) are continuing especially among men who have sex with men (MSM) who are known to be HIV infected

  • 3762 diagnoses of infectious syphilis were made in 2007, more than in any other year since 1950

  • 849 cases of LGV were diagnosed between 2003 and 2008, the majority of whom had symptoms of proctitis (rectal pain, discharge, bloody stools and constipation)

  • MSM account for 73% of infectious syphilis and 99% of LGV cases

  • HIV co-infection is common in those diagnosed with LGV (74%) and syphilis (27%) reflecting the close relationships between the epidemics

  • the increased number of syphilis cases in women of reproductive age has resulted in an increase in cases of congenital infection

Published 1 June 2009

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