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Even today prevalence of syphilis is no doubt very high in underdeveloped countries like Nepal, but there has been scarce of information regarding the exact prevalence of this disease in general population. The objective of this study is to assess the seroprevalence of anti-treponemal antibody among patients visiting tertiary care hospital. A retrospective study was conducted for 9 years (2009 to 2017). Clinical data were collected from the serology section of Department of Microbiology, BPKIHS, Dharan. Of total (9610), 235 (2.4%) tests were reactive for anti-treponemal antibodies. Significant decrease in the prevalence of syphilis is a good indication for an underdeveloped country like Nepal towards acheiving millinium development goal. But in the era of HIV/AIDS, there is always a high chance, where syphilis can increase mobidity and mortality, thus authorities should be always vigilant in monitoring and spreading awareness to control spread of syphilis.