Syphilis on the rise again in Germany – results from surveillance data for 2011

V Bremer; U Marcus; O Hamouda

doi:10.2807/ese.17.29.20222-en

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Syphilis on the rise again in Germany – results from surveillance data for 2011
V Bremer¹ , U Marcus¹ , O Hamouda¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Division for HIV/AIDS, STI and Blood-borne Infections, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

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V Bremer
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Citation style for this article: Bremer V, Marcus U, Hamouda O. Syphilis on the rise again in Germany – results from surveillance data for 2011. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(29):pii=20222. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.17.29.20222-en Received: 09 Jul 2012

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.