Historical perspective of syphilis in the past 60 years in China： eliminated, forgotten, on the return

Syphilis （historically called lues） is a sexually transmitted disease （STD） caused by the spirochete bacteriumTreponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. Syphilis had many alternate names, such as the ＂great pox＂ in order to distinguish it from smallpox, and was given many national attributions, such as the French pox, the English pox, and the Italian pox, due to the disease often being spread by foreign sailors and soldiers during their frequent,