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Hi there, is there any way to transmit syphilis non sexually e.g. just living with people with no present lesions? thanks?
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Is there ANY way? Yes, but it would have to be very unusual and intimate contact -- for example a baby nursed by her infected mother. Non-sex-partner household members of infected persons never catch it.
Answered 8/19/2023
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No. The organism that causes syphilis cannot easily survive being out of the body, or on a surface (like a toilet seat for example).
Answered 8/9/2023
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