Sustained increase in infectious syphilis notifications in Victoria

Rebecca J Guy,* David E Leslie,^† Kleete Simpson,^‡ Beth Hatch§ Jennie Leydon,¶ Margaret E Hellard,** Heath A Kelly^†^†

1 Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health Research, Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, GPO Box 2284, Melbourne, VIC 3001
4 Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Melbourne, VIC
6 Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections Program, Department of Human Services, Melbourne, VIC.

Correspondence: Rebecca.Guy@burnet.edu.au

Competing interests:

None identified.

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