For additional information on Sexual Health and Sexually Transmitted Infections, please refer to the following websites:

This is a Health Canada web site, and it has quite a bit of info about various STD's as well as the Canadian situation. It would be a standard source of information for Canadians, and should reflect the current info available.

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pphb-dgspsp/std-mts/syph_faq_e.html

This is also from the Health Canada web site, and this provides the Canadian STD Guidelines (1998). This is directed to health care professionals, but may be of interest as well. The only caution I would give is that recommended treatments may not be current, and anyone who thinks they have syphilis should consult a medical practitioner.

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pphb-dgspsp/publicat/std-mts98/index.html

This is the American website of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Their website is an excellent source of information of all sorts. (These are the folks who get called out for the big stuff.)

http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/Fact_Sheets/Syphilis_Facts.htm

This is the Nova Scotia Department of Health website. (The cartoon pictures are too cutesy for my liking, but they're not bad for the school crowd.)

http://www.gov.ns.ca/health/publichealth/content/non_vac.htm