This pamphlet provides essential and often surprising information about the renewed threat of syphilis and the particular risk it poses to gay men.

It warns that newer forms of the infection are more resistant to penicillin, that nothing can repair damage to the body once it occurs, and that a person with syphillis is two to five times more likely to be infected by HIV and to transmit HIV infection to a partner.

Describes symptoms and effects of the three stages of syphilis and advises the reader on ways to avoid spreading or becoming exposed to the infection, either through abstaining from sex or restricting sex to one uninfected partner. Advises that condom use reduces but does not entirely remove the risk of syphilis infection.

Readers seeking further information are referred to www.intheknowzone.com, Syndistar's STD information Web site, and to the National STI hotline