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Syphilis cases are on the rise in Canada

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Syphilis is increasing fast in Canada (18).

Do you know:

  • What causes syphilis?
  • How you can and can’t get syphilis? 
  • The different stages and symptoms of syphilis? 
  • If syphilis is curable and preventable? 

If you answered no to any of these questions or are unsure about one or more of them, this post is for you. Raising your awareness of syphilis is one of the things you can do to help prevent it.

Resources

Find a testing location near you

STI Testing | Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights

Sources
  1. Syphilis: Symptoms and treatment | Government of Canada
  2. Syphilis: Cause, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment & Prevention | Cleveland Clinic 
  3. About Syphilis | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  4. Stages of Syphilis | My Health Alberta
  5. Stages of Syphilis | HealthLink BC.
  6. Syphilis – CDC fact sheet | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  7. Syphilis – Overview | Mayo Clinic
  8. Syphilis | BC Centre for Disease Control
  9. About Congenital Syphilis | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  10. Why syphilis is rising around the world | BBC Future | July 2023
  11. STI Testing | Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights
  12. Syphilis – Diagnosis and treatment | Mayo Clinic
  13. Syphilis | Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights
  14. Infectious syphilis and congenital syphilis in Canada, 2021 | Government of Canada | December 2022
  15. WHO publishes new estimates on congenital syphilis | World Health Organization | February 2019
  16. Rising syphilis rates in Canada, 2011–2020 | CCDR – Government of Canada | February/March 2022
  17. Infectious Syphilis and Congenital Syphilis in Canada, 2023 | Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR) – The Public Health Agency of Canada | February 2025
  18. Syphilis cases are on the rise in Canada | Government of Canada | Updated February 2025

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