Question

A disease transferred from mother to child through placenta is

• A. Genital warts
• B. Syphills
• C. AIDS
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is D All of the above

A sexually transmitted diseases that transferred via placenta during pregnancy is called as vertically transmitted infection. Several vertically transmitted infections are included in the TORCH complex such as

T – toxoplasmosis

O – other infections,

R – rubella,

C – cytomegalovirus,

H – Herpes simplex virus-2 or neonatal herpes simplex.

The other agents under O include Coxsackie Virus, chickenpox (caused by Varicella zoster virus), chlamydia, HIV, human T-lymphotropic virus, syphilis.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.