In the article "Primary and Secondary Syphilis -- United
States,
1997," on page 493 the last sentence in the first paragraph should
read
"This report summarizes the findings of the analysis, which
indicate that
8551 cases of primary and secondary (P&S) syphilis were reported in
1997,
an 83% decline in cases from the peak of the epidemic in 1990, and
that
syphilis remains substantially more common in non-Hispanic blacks
than in
other racial/ethnic groups and continues to be be concentrated in
the
Southern region of the United States."
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