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Can you get syphilis if you are clean and you have unprotected sex with someone else who is also clean?

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No: Syphilis is a bacteria spread from one person to another. Syphilis doesn't magically appear, which means a person must catch it from another person who already has it. The concern is, "How does one know his or her partner doesn't carry syphilis germs caught from a prior sexual encounter?"

Dr Whiting and another doctor agreed

Answered 4/27/2015

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