Wednesday, April 15, 2009

In outbreak, syphilis cases see increase in Oklahoma | NewsOK.com

"Four more cases of syphilis among young people have been reported to the state Health Department, and three are related to an outbreak linked to teen group sex parties.

The outbreak was reported three weeks ago after 10 teen cases were confirmed within a month. Officials now believe 13 cases this year are linked.

'They have connections to each other,” said Jan Fox, the Health Department’s chief of sexual transmitted disease services. 'Some reported group sex parties.”

The cases are among males and females ages 14 to 20 in multiple central Oklahoma counties."

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