Has life-saving HIV therapy contributed to increased rates of a sexually transmitted disease?

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Source: NIAID

A study has uncovered an unintended consequence of a major medical breakthrough: while the availability of HIV treatments in the late 1990s dramatically improved survival, they also contributed to a resurgence in syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection.

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