TPPA negative RPR negative (1:1) is normal and indicates no syphilis infection.
TPPA is the syphilis spirochete gelatin agglutination test, mainly to detect syphilis spirochete-specific antibodies, when infected with syphilis spirochetes, the test results are positive.
RPR, or rapid plasma reactive protein test, detects the presence or absence of anti-lipoid antigens in the patient’s serum and is used for screening and epidemiologic investigation of syphilis patients.
Although RPR (1:1), a negative TPPA indicates that it is normal and not infected with syphilis. However, try to be able to revisit the hospital for a syphilis test after four weeks for the accuracy of the results.
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease, usually must pay attention to avoid unclean sex, if the occurrence of high-risk behavior, should promptly go to the hospital, do the relevant examination to clarify the diagnosis, in order to early treatment.