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syphillis transmission

Can Syphillis get transmmitted by touching the sores with hand?
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207091 tn?1337709493
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It won't infect your hand, if that's what you mean. The skin on your hand is too thick to penetrate.
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20620809 tn?1504362969
What exactly do you mean?  Someone had a syph sore and you touched it?
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