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Blog: February 2013

Don’t forget to test for syphilis!

Feb 27, 2013 by Dr. Carolyn Montgomery, Clinic Physician, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused the bacterium Treponema pallidum.  Although easily treated with antibiotics, it can cause severe long term complications and death if not treated early.

There...

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Recent increase of infectious syphilis cases among gay and bisexual men in BC

Feb 27, 2013 by Travis Salway Hottes, Epidemiologist, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC

After declining to historic lows in the mid-1990s, rates of infectious syphilis in BC increased, at first predominantly among street-involved populations in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, then more recently among gay, bisexual,...

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Journal Club: Acceptability and behavioural effects of antibiotic prophylaxis for syphilis prevention

Feb 20, 2013 by Cindy Huang, UBC Family Practice, PGY2

Article reviewed

Farley TA, Cohen DA, Kahn RH et al. The acceptability and behavioural effects of antibiotic prophylaxis for syphilis prevention. Sex Transm Dis. 2003 Nov;30(11):844-9.

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Special Feature Series: Trauma Informed Care

Feb 14, 2013 by Fiona Gold, Outreach Street Nurse, Clinical Prevention Services, BCCDC

Setting the context

In November 2012, the BCCDC Outreach Nursing Program hosted two workshops on Trauma Informed Care. The workshops explored the topics of trauma and its relationship to addiction, HIV and STIs. Thanks to our...

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"Until the lion learns to speak, the tales of hunting will be weak”: A study update from the Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study (CHIWOS)

Feb 7, 2013 by Angela Kaida, Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University

I’m a big fan of the Somali-Canadian singer-songwriter, K’Naan. As I wrote this post about our community-based research study, the Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study (...

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