Syphilis Rates in Alaska Have More Than Doubled in a Year While Alaska’s Overall Std Rates Remain Among the Highest in the Nation

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Syphilis Rates in Alaska Have More Than Doubled in a Year While Alaska’s Overall Std Rates Remain Among the Highest in the Nation

  July 30, 2020 ANCHORAGE — Alaska’s syphilis outbreak is growing, with cases that more than doubled in 2019 to 2018. “This is the largest number of syphilis cases that we have ever had reported in one year,” said Alaska Department of Health and Social Services HIV/STD Program Manager Susan Jones. Overall, combined rates of syphilis, gonorrhea […]

Syphilis in Alaska

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Syphilis in Alaska

The purpose of this Public Health Advisory is to raise awareness about an increase in the number of syphilis cases reported during the first quarter of 2018. To date, there have been 20 confirmed cases and 2 probable cases of infectious syphilis reported in 2018. By comparison, annual case counts were 20, 20, and 21 […]