TPHA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION

Treponema Pallidum Hemagglutination (TPHA) test is used to detect antibodies in the blood against syphilis, which is a sexually transmitted disease. Syphilis is caused by bacteria, namely, “Treponema pallidum”. It spreads if a person comes in direct contact with a syphilitic lesion (chancre). It has three possible stages which include primary syphilis, secondary syphilis, and late or tertiary syphilis.