Karan Raj recently said on a public TikTok video explaining the testing process for donovanosis that the potential spike in the UK is 'terrifying,' prompting social media users to express fear over the STI. Sexually transmitted infections are often undiagnosed and there may be missed infections so the true number could be slightly higher.'Īccording to the National Library of Medicine, donovanosis is more common in men than women. 'But any increases in numbers are potentially concerning. 'Donovanosis is still extremely rare,' Pettigrew told USA TODAY. Melinda Pettigrew, a professor of Epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health, said she sees donovanosis as a 'small scale concern right now,' but notes spread in the U.S. 'A wake-up call': 1 million new sexually transmitted infections every day, WHO reportsĭr. Vital: Planning a family or not, reproductive health is always important While the numbers are nowhere near the prevalence of other STIs – only 30 cases occurred in the UK in 2019, per public health records – the potential for more infections in the past two years (that data is not released yet) poses concern for more spreading, especially since it was even rarer to be found in the UK prior to five years ago. A flesh-eating sexually transmitted infection that causes 'beefy red' ulcers is becoming more prevalent in the United Kingdom, a new report out Friday revealed.Īccording to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the STI, donovanosis, is most common in parts of India, Papua New Guinea, central Australia and the Caribbean and southern Africa.īut research in the UK suggests that donovanosis has been steadily growing in cases since 2016.

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