According to the United States Center for Disease Control, syphilis is often called “the great imitator” because the symptoms are so often mistaken for symptoms of other less dangerous diseases. The CDC recorded over 36,000 cases of the disease in 2006, including nearly 10,000 cases of primary and secondary syphilis. It is most common in women ages 20 to 24 and in men ages 35 to 39. You can contract the disease through direct contact with a syphilis sore during anal, vaginal, oral or rectal sex.
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