Syphilis does not produce itself. The disease has a pathogen, called Spiroplasma pallidum subsp. pallidum, which is a cellular organism. The syphilis spirochete does not survive after leaving the body and is only known to infect humans, but no other animals are infected. Therefore, syphilis does not produce itself, but is only transmitted by the person with syphilis, usually through sexual transmission, or through contact with the rash of the person with syphilis, and the part of the body that is touched by itself, a mucous membrane or a broken wound. It can also be transmitted to the child through the placenta, and it can also be transmitted if you receive a blood transfusion from a syphilis patient without any testing.