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  • Vancouver facing worst outbreak of syphilis in the developed world

    12/24/2003 12:33:53 PM PST · by glorgau · 33 replies · 236+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | Wed Dec 24, 2:53 AM ET | Staff
    VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) - Vancouver is facing the worst outbreak of syphilis per capita in the developed world, with city health officials fearful of a looming epidemic of the sexually transmitted disease once thought almost wiped out in North America. Some 254 new cases have been diagnosed locally this year authorities said early this week -- more than the total for North America in two decades, with more expected, said Dr. Michael Rekart of the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. "There's a lot of unsafe sex going on in Vancouver and the disease has simply taken hold," Rekart said....