Forsyth County number one in N.C. syphilis cases · Q-Notes - Carolinas’ premier LGBT news source - In Print, Online

"A county in the Piedmont-Triad area of North Carolina is number one for syphilis cases, The Winston-Salem Journal reported on June 5.

Forsyth County, whose county seat is Winston-Salem, reported 70 cases of the infection from January 2009 to May 22, 2009. That’s a significant jump from 2008’s 48 reported cases and 2007’s 31.

The 2009 number are preliminary figures from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services epidemiology division."