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False-positive reactions in the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test are well known, whereas a positive fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption assay is rarely thought to be a false positive. The non-recognition of serological false-positive tests for syphilis may have negative prognostic and social implications.
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