SHREVEPORT (AP) — Health officials are looking at ways to stem the rising number of syphilis cases in northwest Louisiana.
There were 142 cases of primary and secondary syphilis in adults in Caddo Parish in 2010 and 141 in 2009. Statewide, syphilis cases more than doubled between 2005 and 2009, rising from 278 in 2005 to 741 in 2009.
Caddo Parish ranked fourth in the nation in 2009 for the statistical rate of syphilis cases, which is based on the number of cases per 100,000 people.
Officials expect a report from the CDC in three or four months.
 
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