Published March 15, 2012 Written by the Healthline Editorial Team | Reviewed by Dominic Marchiano, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease that is contracted through physical contact with an infected individual. A mother can transmit this infection to her baby in the womb or through contact with lesions in the birth canal at delivery.
