BMJ & UNIVADIS: SHARP UK RISE IN SYPHILIS AND GONORRHOEA

PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND 2013-14
SYPHILIS INCIDENCE INCREASED TO 3477 FROM 2375
GONORRHOEA INCIDENCE INCREASED TO 18,029 FROM 13,629

Harvard ProMed & Proc Biol.Sci.2015 Jul 7;282 LEVY MZ et al.Trypanosoma cruzi and Guinea Pigs.

Smoked Guinea pigs eaten in S. America.. Guinea pigs are reservoirs of T.cruzi.. Infect Triatome insects which deposit T.cruzi in faeces after feeding. 

7 million affected with Chagas disease.Causes  cardiomegaly and heart block. Also mega-oesophagus and mega-colom.