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“The Latino community has seen an increase in syphilis cases in Los Angeles, reports the Spanish-language daily, La Opinion. In the last two years 41 percent of all cases affected the Latino community. Two out of three of the 1,217 total cases reported occurred among men who had sex with men. The lack of information, fear, stigma and the lack of protection in sexual relationships contributed to increased cases of the disease, especially among Latinos, the newspaper reports.”
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