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Report: Ocular syphilis found in 0.6% of syphilis cases
Eight jurisdictions in the United States reviewed syphilis cases in 2014-2015 and found 0.6% of the patients had symptoms consistent with ocular syphilis, according to a report. Ocular syphilis clusters were reported in Washington and California in early 2015, prompting the CDC to issue a clinical advisory warning about a potential increase in suspected ocular syphilis cases. Seven jurisdictions then reviewed their syphilis data from Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 31, 2015, while Indiana reviewed data from only 2015.