Treponema pallidum can be transmitted

A. by contact with infected fomites.
B. through sexual intercourse.
C. from an infected mother to her unborn child.
D. both by contact with infected fomites and through sexual intercourse.
E. both through sexual intercourse and from an infected mother to her unborn child.


Answer: E

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