Le Canada a connu une augmentation de 389 % de la syphilis infectieuse, ce qui est significativement plus élevé que les autres ITS, entre 2011 et 2019.
Syphilis has been called many names since the first record of it in the 1490s, most of them uncomplimentary – « the French disease« , « the Neapolitan disease », « the Polish disease ».
One however has stuck: « the great imitator« . Syphilis is a master at mimicking other infections and early symptoms are easy to miss. Left untreated, the consequences can be serious.