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Health experts fear rise in gonorrhoea, amid soaring syphilis cases in Melbourne suburbs – NEWS.com.au
Health experts fear rise in gonorrhoea, amid soaring syphilis cases in Melbourne suburbs
Melbourne is currently grappling with a syphilis epidemic, but health experts fear another sexually transmitted infection is on the rise gonorrhoea.It’s prompted one specialist to say we are living in an “era of STIs”, as experts warn the use of dating apps is increasing the spread.
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre data released this week revealed there had been a 45 per cent increase in notified syphilis cases between 2015 and 2018.
The explosion of infections had health experts worried enough to…
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