Syphilis cases rise in Australia despite fall in testing for STIs during pandemic
by Melissa Davey Medical editor from on (#66KN9)
Covid-19 resulted in a drop in chlamydia and gonorrhoea diagnoses, the Kirby Institute says, but worrying increase in syphilis
There has been a concerning rise in syphilis cases despite a drop in the number of Australians tested for sexually transmissible infections during the pandemic, data published by the Kirby Institute on Thursday shows.
In 2021 there were 86,916 diagnoses of chlamydia, 26,577 of gonorrhoea and 5,570 of infectious syphilis in Australia, according to the report titled HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexually Transmissible Infections in Australia.
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