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Syphilis Linked to HIV Among Homosexual Men Syphilis is perhaps one of the longest recorded sexually acquired diseases known to man. It has been discovered in skeletons from archaeological sites dated from as early as the 1500s. Although modern medicines have enabled physicians to cure this disease, studies have shown that it is still not only prevalent today, but there has actually been an increase in the number of cases documented. “Between 1986 and 1990 there was the largest increase of early syphilis seen in 40 years in the United States, which peaked in 1990 with 50,223 cases” (Waugh 2003). This increase in early syphilis has been cause for concern by those researchers studying and tracking HIV