See also: Sexually Transmitted Infections and Syphilis and HIV
Fact Sheets
- Syphilis (American Sexual Health Association)
- Syphilis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – CDC) and Spanish version
- Syphilis and MSM (Men Who Have Sex with Men) (CDC) and Spanish version
- Incidence, Prevalence, and Costs of Sexually Transmitted Infections in the U.S. (CDC)
Guidelines and Statistics (U.S., Massachusetts, and Boston)
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2015 (June 2015, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
- Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents. (CDC, National Institutes of Health, and HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America) – the guidelines for syphilis appear in Section K
- 2014 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Surveillance (CDC) This report includes detailed data on chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and other sexually transmitted infections, with breakdowns for race/ethnicity, gender, age, and risk group.
- Massachusetts STD, HIV/AIDS, and Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Report, 2014 (Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Infectious Disease) This 30-page report includes state surveillance data on syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea, as well as breakdowns for different racial/ethnic groups, adolescents and young adults, women, and men who have sex with men.
- STIs in Boston: Syphilis Brief. Three-page fact sheet from the Boston Public Health Commission with information on syphilis incidence and breakdowns by risk groups and age.
Selected Recent Articles
- Gay and Bi Men Diagnosed with Syphilis May Be Good PrEP Candidates. (December 2016, Poz)
- Ocular Syphilis May Coincide With New HIV Infections. (September 2016, Poz); related coverage from MedPage Today
- Syphilis Rates Rise 8.8 Percent in One Year Among Gay and Bi Men. (September 2016, Poz); related coverage from AIDSmap
- Born free of HIV but dying from the “silent killer”: The crisis of syphilis. (June 2016, Science Speaks Blog)
- People With HIV and Other High-Risk Groups Should Test for Syphilis Quarterly. (June 2016, Poz)
- Rectal Gonorrhea, Syphilis Emerge as Top STI Preludes to HIV in Gay Men. (June 2016, TheBodyPro)
- CDC Pushes Physicians to Look for Possibly Blinding Ocular Syphilis. (February 2016, Poz)
- Disease Experts See Syphilis Diagnosis as Time to Re-engage in HIV Care. (December 2015, Beta Blog)
- Chlamydia, Gonorrhea and Syphilis Are All on the Rise. (November 2015, Poz)
- 2015 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines From the CDC. (June 2015, TheBodyPro)
- Men with syphilis at high risk for HIV. (April 2015, Healio)
- Daily Antibiotic Protects Against Chlamydia, Gonorrhea and Syphilis. (April 2015, Beta Blog)
- Ocular Syphilis Outbreak Spreads Down West Coast, Blinding Two. (March 2015, Poz)
- Pilot study suggests that PrEP for other STIs might work. (February 2015, AIDSmap)
- HIV and Syphilis Smartphone Assay Would Aid Testing in Remote Areas. (February 2015, Poz)
- Syphilis Rises Among Gay Men, Possibly Fueling HIV Spread. (June 2014, Poz)
- Gay men who don’t have anal sex still at high risk of bacterial STIs. (November 2013, AIDSmap)
