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Travis Hottes, MSc,
Syphilis is an age-old sexually transmitted infection (STI) that typically passes through three clinical stages and may be latent (without overt signs or symptoms). Primary syphilis is highly contagious, occurs between... Read More
Over the past 30 years we have observed the successive loss of penicillin, tetracycline, and fluoroquinolone antibiotics to reliably treat Neisseria gonorrhoeae due to drug resistance.[1] Data from BC and... Read More
A cardinal feature of influenza illness is its short incubation and sudden onset. For seasonal influenza viruses, the incubation period is generally estimated to be 1- to 4-days.[1] The 2009 swine-origin pandemic A/H1N1... Read More