Syphilis on the rise: dial up screening and "test it away" - InSight+
BETWEEN COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory viruses, doctors must now keep tabs on their patients at risk as the number of syphilis continues to rise in vulnerable communities, leading to calls for increased screening in those groups. According to National Infectious Disease Surveillance Report From 30 May to 12 June 2022, there was a “continuous epidemic” occurring in men who have sex with men (MSM), mainly aged 20–39 years, in urban areas, in women aged 20–39 years (both Aboriginal and Population). Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous) in urban areas, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in northern and central Australia. “This is a very significant increase. Syphilis is a serious infection and we need to take it very seriously,” said Professor Christopher Fairley, Director of the Melbourne Center for Sexual Health and Professor of Public Health at Monash University. Syphilis is a bacterial sexually transmitted infection caused by Treponema pallidum . There are f