Treponema pallidum is the bacterium that causes syphilis. The gram - negative sp media. Select the statement that most accurately describes this disease - causin

A. Because the bacterium cannot be grown, there is no way to characterize the organisn molecular testing, etc.
B. There is no satisfactory way to identify the disease without being able to grow it .
C. There is no way to perform an epidemiological study on this disease.