Social Network Investigation of a Syphilis Outbreak in Ottawa, Ontario

BACKGROUND: The incidence of syphilis in Ottawa, Ontario, has risen substantially since 2000 to six cases per 100,000 in 2003, again to nine cases per 100,000 in 2007, and recently rose to 11 cases per 100,000 in 2010. The number of cases reported in the first quarter of 2010 was more than double th...

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Main Authors: H D’Angelo-Scott, J Cutler, D Friedman, A Hendriks, AM Jolly
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/705720
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description BACKGROUND: The incidence of syphilis in Ottawa, Ontario, has risen substantially since 2000 to six cases per 100,000 in 2003, again to nine cases per 100,000 in 2007, and recently rose to 11 cases per 100,000 in 2010. The number of cases reported in the first quarter of 2010 was more than double that in the first quarter of 2009.
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spelling doaj-art-c6ac503834094dd4ad1f4e4f7ecf69ef2025-02-03T05:47:59ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322015-01-0126526827210.1155/2015/705720Social Network Investigation of a Syphilis Outbreak in Ottawa, OntarioH D’Angelo-Scott0J Cutler1D Friedman2A Hendriks3AM Jolly4Canadian Field Epidemiology Program, Public Health Agency of Canada, CanadaCanadian Field Epidemiology Program, Public Health Agency of Canada, CanadaCity of Ottawa Public Health, Centre for Communicable Disease and Infection Control, CanadaCity of Ottawa Public Health, Centre for Communicable Disease and Infection Control, CanadaUniversity of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaBACKGROUND: The incidence of syphilis in Ottawa, Ontario, has risen substantially since 2000 to six cases per 100,000 in 2003, again to nine cases per 100,000 in 2007, and recently rose to 11 cases per 100,000 in 2010. The number of cases reported in the first quarter of 2010 was more than double that in the first quarter of 2009.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/705720
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