PMCID PMC6798162 PMID 31666795 B 19883282 E Resurgence of

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PMCID PMC6798162 PMID 31666795 B 19883282 E Resurgence of Syphilis in the United States An Assessment of Contributing Factors Rebecca Schmidt E Paul James Carson E 1 2 and Rick J Jansen E 1 2 3 4 In the last decade there has been a marked resurgence of syphilis in the United States despite the availability of effective treatments and previously reliable prevention strategies The majority of cases are among the population of men who have sex with men MSM however there has also been a recent increase among premenopausal women coinciding with a concerning rise of congenital cases The resurgence of syphilis can be largely attributed to changing social an behavioral factors especially among young MSM What is the name of a study in which syphilis affected MSM patients from 2009 were studied and compared to a current MSM group not affected by syphilis O Case control study O Cross sectional study