Reporting of F.F.
Of Rodolfo De Mattei
A Bologna it's alarm syphilis that in 70% of cases affects homosexuals. The person in charge of the office is warning citizens Center for Sexually Transmitted Diseases of the Saint Ursula, Antonietta D'Antuono That in an interview granted to Rest of the Pug underlines how, starting from the early years of 2000, we have witnessed a progressive and worrying trend surge in infections: « (…) we saw first 20 new cases of active infection, then they became 60 and finally the trend stabilized between 70 they 80 almost. Dal 2010, Furthermore, we are seeing a new increase: 192 cases in 2013, 170 In the 2014, 223 In the 2015 e 216 In the 2016».
HOMOSEXUAL MEN
As clarified prof. D'Antuono, answering the question of “who are most affected”, the greater victims of syphilis are the men and in particular those among them who have sexual relations with people of the same sex, “Men for two thirds and in 70% homosexuals (Msm), but there are also people who have relationships with men and women and even pregnant women who discover the infection during pregnancy checks".
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