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Louisiana 2023 STI, HIV and hepatitis C data show persistent racial disparities and high STI burden
Summary
State epidemiologist Sam Burgess presented 2023 surveillance showing declines in some STIs but persistently high rates overall: nearly 1,200 primary/secondary syphilis cases, 109 congenital syphilis cases (10 tied to infant death/stillbirth), 867 new HIV diagnoses and continued racial and geographic disparities concentrated in Black residents and several metro regions.
Dr. Sam Burgess, presenting the Louisiana 2023 epidemiology overview to the Louisiana Commission on HIV and Hepatitis C Education, Prevention and Treatment on Oct. 8, said some conditions edged down in 2023 but the state remains at historically high levels for several sexually transmitted infections.
Burgess told commissioners the state recorded just under 1,200 new primary and secondary syphilis diagnoses in 2023 and that Louisiana ranked ninth nationally by syphilis diagnosis rate in the most recent available comparisons. "We're still at a much higher level of new syphilis diagnoses than we had been many years ago," he said.
He said congenital syphilis fell by about six cases to 109…
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