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How can i get syphilis apart from sex?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Transmission: Syphilis is spread when the bacteria called treponema pallidum enters the body through a break in mucosal membranes or skin (usually sex). Rarely it could be spread with direct non-sexual contact with an active lesion. A baby could become infected in utero or during labor.

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Answered 10/11/2013

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