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Hugh Jones, MD
In 1997 national goals were set for maintaining infectious syphilis rates below 0.5 per 100000 population and preventing all endemic congenital syphilis cases. Such optimism proved unfounded; that same year infectious... Read More
Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is a disease caused by the L1, L2, and L3 serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis; genital C. trachomatis infections are caused by serovars D through K. It is normally a disease... Read More
Although BC has been experiencing an outbreak of infectious syphilis (IS; primary, secondary, and early latent syphilis) since 1997, there have been recent important changes in the epidemic. Prior to 2003, British... Read More