Syphilis increases in the US military comparable to civilian population
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#PCD7)
A newly published report from the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) reveals a marked and continuous increase (49.1% overall) in crude syphilis incidence rates during the period between 2010 and 2014, and an increase in primary and secondary syphilis in active duty military members that mirrors trends reported in the civilian population as a whole. In ["]