A child born with positive syphilis antibodies is not necessarily positive. 1. Negative: If the mother is currently infected with syphilis, and timely treatment within four months of pregnancy can effectively prevent mother-to-child transmission of syphilis, then the child born with syphilis antibody test may be negative. If the mother was previously infected with syphilis, but has been cured, at this time, is not infectious, then the child born with syphilis antibody test is negative. 2. Positive: If the mother is currently infected with syphilis and has not been actively treated, then the syphilis spiral will pass through the placenta into the fetus, and the fetus may become infected with syphilis, and the test for syphilis antibodies will be positive. So having a child with positive syphilis antibodies is not necessarily positive. Mothers who are infected with syphilis must actively seek medical treatment, and active intervention can better block the transmission of syphilis to the fetus.