Table.

Features of recent outbreaks of syphilis in England

Dates	Bristol	Manchester	Brighton	Peterborough and north Cambridgeshire
	Jan 1997 to May 1998	Feb 1999 to Jan 2002	Jun 1999 to June 2001	Jan 2000 to Jan 2002
No of cases	45	103	64	13
Men	19	100	61	5
Women	26	3	3	8
No (%) of cases in heterosexuals	45 (100)	7 (7)	8 (13)	12 (92)
No (%) of cases in homosexual men	0	96 (93)	56 (87)	1 (8)
No (%) of cases in homosexual men with HIV	0	33 (34)	18 (32)	0