title: Syphilis on the rise again in Germany--results from surveillance data for 2011.
abstract: In Germany, syphilis is notified anonymously. In 2011, 3,698 cases (incidence 4.5/100,000 inhabitants) were notified, an increase of 22% over 2010. The increase was higher in men (23%) than women (13%) and 94% of the cases were male. Information on the possible way of transmission was available for 72% of cases. Of these, 84% were men who have sex with men, who seem to play a major role in the renewed increase in syphilis cases.
authors: Division for HIV/AIDS, STI and Blood-borne Infections, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany. bremerv@rki.de
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Bremer
authors: U
authors: U
authors: Marcus
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Hamouda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D018563:Disease Notification; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D018451:Homosexuality, Male / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013587:Syphilis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult