梅毒传染性强，损害广泛，并发症、后遗症和致残的发生率高，危害性大，广州市近五年来梅毒增长速度很快，来势凶猛，疫情严峻，应引起重视。１９８４～１９９３年的１０年中，广州市累计报告梅毒病例２３０例，但１９９４～１９９８年的五年累计报告病例数达６６５３例，比前 Syphilis is contagious, extensive damage, complications, sequelae and disabling the high incidence of harm, Guangzhou City, the rapid growth of syphilis in the past five years, ferocious, the epidemic is serious, should be taken seriously. In the 10 years from 1984 to 1993, 230 cases of syphilis cases were reported in Guangzhou City, but the cumulative number of reported cases in the five years from 1994 to 1998 reached 6653 cases,