ArticleCanada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada2022
Rising syphilis rates in Canada, 2011-2020.
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- Developing and piloting an interactive syphilis surveillance dashboard through user-centred design: An implementation report from Interior Health, British Columbia.Canada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2026Article
- Uptake of prenatal syphilis screening and its determinants in Ontario, Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2026Article
- Identifying Subgroups of People Living With HIV in British Columbia, Canada Based on Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infection Testing and Diagnostic Laboratory Data: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections profile in a mid-sized Saskatchewan City.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Epidemiological trends and spatiotemporal distribution of syphilis in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, 2014-2023.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- A rare case of sporotrichosis in a patient with late latent syphilis and diabetes mellitus: immunological aspects of sporotrichosis.Central-European journal of immunology · 2026Article
- Adoption of universal prenatal syphilis rescreening recommendations across Ontario, Canada: a difference-in-differences analysis.BMJ public health · 2026Article
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- Performance of the bioLytical Multiplex HIV 1/2 and Syphilis rapid test on serum in a laboratory evaluation for syphilis.Microbiology spectrum · 2025Article
- Brief Report: Trends of Congenital Syphilis among Neonates in Canada 2012-2023.Journal of pediatrics. Clinical practice · 2025Article
- Community and Hospital HIV Follow-Up Clinics Achieve Similar Lumbar Puncture and Syphilis Treatment Success in Patients with HIV-Syphilis Coinfection: Saskatoon, SK, Canada.Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada · 2025Article
- Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network National Syphilis In-Laboratory Serological Testing Recommendations.Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada · 2025Review
- Trends in Congenital Syphilis Incidence and Mortality in Brazil's Southeast Region: A Time-Series Analysis (2008-2022).Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Edge-based modelling for disease transmission on random graphs: an application to mitigate a syphilis outbreak.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Syphilis rates are of public health concern in Canada, with multiple jurisdictions reporting outbreaks over the past five years. The objective of this article is to describe trends in infectious and congenital syphilis in Canada 2011-2020. Methods: Routine surveillance of syphilis is conducted through the Canadian Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (CNDSS). In response to rising rates of syphilis, all provinces and territories (P/Ts) have also submitted enhanced surveillance data on infectious syphilis to the Public Health Agency of Canada through the Syphilis Outbreak Investigation Coordinating Committee (SOICC) starting in 2018. Descriptive analyses of CNDSS and SOICC surveillance data 2011-2020 by age, sex, pregnancy status, male sexual orientation and P/Ts were performed. Results: The national rate of infectious syphilis increased from 5.1 per 100,000 population in 2011 to 24.7 per 100,000 population in 2020.The rates increased in almost all P/Ts, with the Prairie provinces reporting the greatest relative increases from 2016 to 2020 (more than 400%). Rates in males were consistently higher than rates in females over the past 10 years; however, from 2016 to 2020, rates among females increased by 773%, compared with 73% among males. Although the proportion of cases who self-identify as gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men decreased from 54% to 38% between 2018 and 2020, they still represent a high proportion of cases (according to data from eight P/Ts). From 2016 to 2020, rates of infectious syphilis increased in every age group, especially in females aged 15-39 years. Confirmed early congenital syphilis cases for 2020 increased considerably from prior years, with 50 cases reported in 2020, compared with 4 cases in 2016. Conclusion: Infectious and congenital syphilis rates are a growing concern in Canada and the nature of the syphilis epidemics across Canada appears to be evolving, as evidenced by recent trends. More data and research are needed to better understand the drivers associated with the recent changes in the epidemiology of syphilis in Canada.
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