The incidence of syphilis decreased 15% in Tuva over 9 months, 2006. Apart from six districts (kozhuuns), where syphilis incidence increased up to 68.2%, a decrease was registered in the rest of Tuvan area.
Moreover, gonorrhoea incidence lowered 16.4%, and scab – 18.8%.
A case of inborn syphilis was registered by doctors in Kyzyl, the capital of Tuvan Republic, Tuva Online news agency reports.
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