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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Katie Weston

Famous Victorian disease SPIKES in UK with cases of syphilis on the rise

There was a "marked" increase in the number of cases of syphilis in 2021, new figures show.

There were 7,506 diagnoses of infectious syphilis reported in 2021, an 8.4% increase compared to 2020, shows data published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on sexually transmitted infections.

But overall cases of STIs are still below pre-pandemic levels.

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