Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
V Bremer (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, U Marcus<SUP>1</SUP>, O Hamouda<SUP>1</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Bremer V, Marcus U, Hamouda O. Syphilis on the rise again in Germany ? results from surveillance data for 2011. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(29)
ii=20222. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20222
Date of submission: 09 July 2012 <HR>In Germany, syphilis is notified anonymously. In 2011, 3,698 cases (incidence 4.5/100,000 inhabitants) were notified, an increase of 22% over 2010. The increase was higher in men (23%) than women (13%) and 94% of the cases were male. Information on the possible way of transmission was available for 72% of cases. Of these, 84% were men who have sex with men, who seem to play a major role in the renewed increase in syphilis cases.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 29, 19 July 2012
Rapid communications
Syphilis on the rise again in Germany ? results from surveillance data for 2011
Rapid communications
Syphilis on the rise again in Germany ? results from surveillance data for 2011
V Bremer (
- Division for HIV/AIDS, STI and Blood-borne Infections, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany
Citation style for this article: Bremer V, Marcus U, Hamouda O. Syphilis on the rise again in Germany ? results from surveillance data for 2011. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(29)
ii=20222. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20222 Date of submission: 09 July 2012 <HR>In Germany, syphilis is notified anonymously. In 2011, 3,698 cases (incidence 4.5/100,000 inhabitants) were notified, an increase of 22% over 2010. The increase was higher in men (23%) than women (13%) and 94% of the cases were male. Information on the possible way of transmission was available for 72% of cases. Of these, 84% were men who have sex with men, who seem to play a major role in the renewed increase in syphilis cases.