- CDC: Syphilis
 - Provides basic background information about syphilis. - Facts & Answers About STDs: Syphilis
- Information about the sexually transmitted disease including its symptoms and treatment. From the American Social Health Association.
- Archaeology: Origins of Syphilis
- Briefly describes research into the evolution and spread of syphilis.
- MedlinePlus: Syphilis
- Provides links to articles and statistics on the sexually transmitted or congenital infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.
- eMedicineHealth: Syphilis
- Covers topics including the symptoms of syphilis, when to seek medical care, exams and tests, treatment, and post-treatment care.
- Stop the Sores
- Encouraging people to get tested for syphilis and practice safe sex so the disease isn't spread.
- Tuskegee Study (3)
- 4woman.gov: Syphilis
- Covers the symptoms and progression of the illness, how it can affect women in particular, and connections between syphilis and the nervous system.
- Great Scourge, The
- Explores syphilis as a medical problem and moral metaphor in Western nations between 1880 and 1916.
- TeensHealth: Syphilis
- Explains what the bacterial illness is, the differing symptoms girls and guys may experience, and its treatment.
- Frontline: The Lost Children of Rockdale County
- Explores how a 1996 syphilis outbreak in a well-off Atlanta suburb affected over 200 teenagers and revealed their hidden lives, unknown to parents: group sex, binge drinking, drugs, and violence.
- Nemours Foundation: Syphilis
- Describes the congenital and acquired forms of the disease, the symptoms of its early and late stages, and its treatment.
- Kipkeepers, Pox and Gleet Vendors: A Rapid History of Syphilis
- Slideshow presentation with RealAudio accompaniment created by Neil Clancy, University of Florida College of Medicine.
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