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Define Transplacenta transmission.


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Transplacental transmission:

  1. It is defined as the transmission of pathogens that are transferred from the mother to the fetus through the placenta.
  2. It leads to several congenital diseases like:
  • Poliomyelitis is caused by Poliovirus,
  • Rubella caused by Rubella sp.,
  • Cytomegalovirus by Cytomegalovirus.

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