Syphilis and yaws are closely related bacterial infections. In many countries where the diseases are found there is limited access to diagnostic testing.
Health officials in Riverside County, California say they’ve reached a “critical point” with the number of syphilis infections, particularly in the Coachella Valley, where the rate of infection is nearly three times the rate countywide.
The Sexually Transmitted Infections Guidelines Committee of the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute has recently released guidelines on the "Management of Syphilis in Patients with HIV."
