Body always produce antibodies when a person infected with syphilis? But some case not produce antibodies even the person are infected. Is reality or not.

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Dr. Rahul GuptaSexologist14yrs exp

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Hello- false negative nontreponemal test results occur when a person tests negative, but they actually do have a syphilis infection. The most common reason for a false-negative result is that the antibodies detected in this type of syphilis test may not develop until 3 to 6 weeks after infection.

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