Syphilis in Pregnancy Health Article

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.

For information about other infections screened early in pregnancy, go to Toxoplasmosis in Pregnancy, Screening for Rubella, Screening for Parvovirus in Pregnancy, CMV in Pregnancy, Screening for HIV in Pregnancy, Screening for Varicella-Zoster in Pregnancy, Listeria in Pregnancy, and Hepatitis in Pregnancy.