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How Is Syphilis Infection Transmitted?
Two questions: 1) Can syphilis be transferred when a person with syphilitic chancres on his fingers prepares food for others? 2) If transfer of syphilis requires direct contact with a chancre, how can syphilis still be passed to another person after the signs of both stage one (chancre) and stage two (rash) have subsided?
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hi sir...your question is two part ..the 1st part answer is no syphylis cant be transmitted thraugh preparing food as it is transmitted mainly by contact with mucous membrane (mainly sexual contact)...so you need not to worry about that.......2nd part : syphylis has four stages primary and secondery and latent and tertiary...primary and secondery stages are most infectoius stage as bacteria multiplications and increased number of bacteria will be transmitted easly by contact....latent stage bacteria decreased and not multiply and it may be infectious in early latent and aafter that it willnot be infectious ...in the tertary stage althaugh severe complication but is not infectious....thank you for your interest about that....take care of your health
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