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True or False

You can only get syphills once in your lifetime, after that your body destroys it before symptoms occur.

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Answer: False. You can get syphilis more than once.

Step-by-step explanation:

Back to back cases often occur in patients whose partners were not also tested and treated or those who did not abstain from sexual activity during treatment. Getting treated for syphilis does not protect you from re-infection.

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