Sex in the City? Examining the Syphilis Outbreak in Toronto (2000-2010)

Authors

  • Nafte M.

Keywords:

syphilis, sexually transmitted infections, HIV/AIDs, public health, syndemics, MSM, contagion, stigma

Abstract

In the paper, the author examines what has been described as an epidemic of venereal syphilis in the city of Toronto, Canada from the year 2000 to 2010, as a means of ascertaining whether syphilis is indeed increasing, and if it is interacting syndemically with other infectious ailments, specifically HIV/AIDs. The author presumes, that syphilis might have only been eradicated from the collective memory, and has been busy steadily adapting to various populations for the last five centuries.

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