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Yes, if the infection is contagious it can infect the mother and harm the child.
GBS-infected mothers are less likely to infect their newborns if treated with antibiotics during labor.
This is not certain. It depends on when the mother cat got rabies. If it is still in its early stages, the kittens may not catch it, but eventually the organism that causes rabies will migrate through the placenta and infect the kittens. The organism will, I believe, be passed in mother's milk, so if the kittens nurse, they most likely will become infected.
Pregnant women on combined antiretroviral therapy are at a 1-2% risk of transmitting HIV to the fetus.
Chlamydia can't infect the breasts or nipples, even if they're pierced. You get chlamydia from having oral, anal, or vaginal sex; genital-genital contact; sharing sex toys; or birth to an infected mother.
This means mother to baby, before or after birth. This is the main reason why infected women should never get pregnant.
No, It is an X chromosome disease. That means that only the mother (if a carrier herself) can pass on the disease.
You can't get chlamydia from sharing a straw. Chlamydia is spread by oral, anal, and vaginal sex; genital-genital contact; sharing sex toys; and birth to an infected mother.
Very few infected people have symptoms and most pregnant women have antibodies that protect the fetus from infection.
pass across the placenta
While the woman is pregnant, it is possible that the virus can cross the placenta and infect the fetusIt is possible that the fetus can aquire the virus during the birthing processVia breast milk
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