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Your page on Syphilis says that Syphilis is passed through skin to skin contact with a syphilis sore, does that mean that it's only transmittable during the early stage when a sore is present? The page also says that it is infectious...
can undergaurments transmit syphilis.
can i get treatment for syphilis anonymously and not disclose to my partners ?
If someone has Syphilis and they touch there sore and then touch my hand and my hand touches my penis right away can I transmit the virus with out any moisture or wetness of any kind like dry touching. Please respond thank you

Background Rates of syphilis have increased dramatically over the last decade, both in British Columbia and internationally. In BC, the increase in 2015 was much higher than in previous years: 761 new infectious syphilis cases were...

Background British Columbia (BC) is currently experiencing a significant increase in syphilis cases, with infectious syphilis reaching unprecedented rates. Though there has been a slow and steady increase year over year since the early...

These posters have been created for the Make Syphistory campaign. The goals of the campaign are to raise health literacy around syphilis and to encourage frequent testing in the target audience (gay, bisexual, queer and other men who have...

These posters have been created for the Make Syphistory campaign. The goals of the campaign are to raise health literacy around syphilis and to encourage frequent testing in the target audience (gay, bisexual, queer and other men who have...

I was diagonised with syphilis in september 2017 and was treated but yesterday it came out positive again and am 6weeks pregnant.am i safe with my baby?note i was put on injections again.
The bacteria that cause syphilis infections are only able to survive outside of the body momentarily before dying. Dose that mean seconds or few min exposed to air

Syphilis testing The primary method for diagnosing syphilis is through serologic testing. However, in certain situations, it may be appropriate and clinically-indicated to perform one of the direct tests (i.e. swab of a lesion). ...

La BicillinMD L-A (benzathine-pénicilline G à action prolongée) est l’antibiotique idéal pour le traitement de la syphilis. Elle est administrée par injection intramusculaire en deux doses divisées entre chaque muscle fessier ou...

Background Researchers at the BC Centre for Disease Control are looking for men to take part in a study looking at syphilis Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), a daily pill in the form of doxycycline that may help prevent syphilis infection....

バイシリン® L-A（長時間作用型ペニシリンG ベンザチン）は、梅毒の治療に推奨される抗生物質です。一回の来院で、左右の臀部に、2 つに分けた1 回分の用量を筋肉注射投与します。

Will 14 days of doxycycline 100mg 2 times a day kill and stop the syphilis sore or incubation of syphilis first stage and can it become immune to the drug thank you

This is the dashboard report on STI and HIV trends in BC for the fourth quarter of 2016 (October – December 2016). These reports are posted quarterly to provide a snapshot of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in British Columbia. The...

Genital chlamydia In 2016, the rate of genital chlamydia increased to 317.6 (15,057 cases) per 100,000 population in British Columbia (BC), continuing the overall provincial trend of a steady increase since 1998.  The highest rates...

I just had protected vaginal intercourse for 30 seconds about a month ago and I didn't have much skin to skin contact. It's been a month and I haven't had any symptoms. What are my chances of getting genital herpes or syphilis?

This is the dashboard report on HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI) trends in for the fourth quarter of 2017 (Sept – Dec 2017). These reports are posted quarterly to provide a snapshot of HIV and STIs in British Columbia. The...

This is the dashboard report on HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI) trends in for the second quarter of 2017 (Apr – June 2017). These reports are posted quarterly to provide a snapshot of HIV and STIs in British Columbia. The...