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)