Sexually transmitted infections

Gonorrhoea and syphilis diagnoses are at their highest in decades – here’s what you need to know about these STIs

Gonorrhoea is caused by a bacteria called gonococcus which infects the urethra, testes, prostate and anus in men, and the vagina, cervix, womb and anus in women while syphilis infection is caused by a bacterium called Treponema pallidum