IS A TEST THAT SCREENS SYPHILIS, LOOKS FOR ANTIBODIES THAT ARE PRESENT IN THE BLOOD OF A PERSON WHO HAVE THE (STD) DISEASE. SYPHILIS IS A SEXUAL TRANSMITED DISEASE, THE RATES HAVE BEEN RISING SINCE 2000 IN USA, NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF NEW INFECTIONS OCCUR IN MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN, ACCORDING TO CDC (CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION) AND RATES HAVE RISEN AMONG YOUNG WOMEN, ALSO AFFECTS A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS THAN WHITES. IF UNTREATED IT CAN CAUSE FATAL DAMAGE, SYPHILIS CAN DAMAGE YOUR HEART AND BRAIN, SYPHILIS PROGRESSES IN STAGES AND CAN LEAD TO SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS OR DEATH. HAVING SYPHILIS CAN MAKE YOU MORE VULNERABLE TO HIV. SYMPTOMS; SORES ON THE GENITALS OR THROAT, RASH ON THE BODY, ESPECIALLY ON THE PALMS OF THE HANDS OR THE SOLES OF THE FEET. SYPHILIS STARTS AS A PAINLESS SORE ON YOUR GENITAL OR BODY. IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE SEX PARTNERS TEST YOUR SELF IF SYPHILIS IS CAUGHT EARLY IT CAN BE CURED WITH ANTIBIOTICS. FALSE POSITIVE RESULTS MAY OCCUR.