Diagnosis of syphilis is pretty straightforward, given a reasonable-sized blood sample - there are several simple tests (which tend to have quite high false-pos

Diagnosis of syphilis is pretty straightforward, given a reasonable-sized blood sample - there are several simple tests (which tend to have quite high false-positive rates, which is good for a screening test) and then you can do something more complex and specific like imuno-fluorescence. Speaking as an ex microbiologist.