Whenever you have to go abroad, you need to do the
VDRL test
according to the rules of some countries.
The VDRL test is a screening test for a disease called
Syphilis
.
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacteria called
Treponema pallidum
.
Anyone who gets VDRL test positive gets nervous and worried that my VDRL test has come positive.
But Syphilis is not proven by the VDRL test being positive. For this, another test has to be done, which is named the
TPHA test
.
The full form of TPHA is
Treponema pallidum hemagglutination test
, which is a diagnostic test for syphilis.
If both the VDRL and TPHA tests are positive, then only syphilis is diagnosed and such a patient is treated.
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