According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in ¨2013, more than 56,400 cases of syphilis were reported in the United States¨(CDC). Syphilis has numerous symptoms, and it can be cured, and it doesn't kill the host if is treated properly. Syphilis was first discovered in Europe 1495. Syphilis is a sexual transmitted desease. Scientist say that Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) have the highest rate of syphilis. Syphilis has 4 different stages. Primary, secondary, latent, and tertiary. The most common way to get syphilis is by sexual contact. Syphilis is increasing “especially among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men”(CDC). If this bacteria is not treated properly it can kill the host but in years. It
