Syphilis and Its Management

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THE venereal diseases are on the rise again. During the last six months of 1954, forty-three states reported an increase in early syphilis or gonorrhea or both.1 That syphilis is still a nation-wide problem is evident from the United States Public Health Service estimate that as of December 31, 1955, there were approximately 2,000,000 people in the United States with syphilis requiring treatment. During 1955 approximately 86,800 new cases of syphilis occurred among the civilian population.2 The foregoing means that a reservoir of infectious syphilis exists in most communities. Because of the limitations of present control methods, this reservoir cannot . . .

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