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Vertical transmission — Vertical transmission, also known as mother to child transmission, is the transmission of an infection or other disease from mother to child immediately before and after birth during the perinatal period. A pathogen s transmissibility refers to… … Wikipedia
vertical scale disease — dropsy (a swelling of the fish s body usually caused by bacterial infection, and also by viral infection, osmoregulatory problems, a flagellate protozoan (Hexamita), aggravated by poor environmental conditions. Serous fluid accumulates in any… … Dictionary of ichthyology
Vertical transmission — Passage of a disease causing agent (a pathogen) vertically from mother directly to baby during the perinatal period, the period immediately before and after birth. The perinatal period is defined in diverse ways. Depending on the definition, it… … Medical dictionary
Congenital cytomegalovirus infection — Classification and external resources Micrograph of a cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection of the placenta (CMV placentitis). The characteristic large nucleus of a CMV infected cell is seen off centre at the bo … Wikipedia
Perinatal infection — Classification and external resources ICD 10 P35 P39 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… … Universalium
Hepatitis C — Classification and external resources Electron micrograph of hepatitis C virus purified from cell culture. The scale = 50 nanometers ICD 10 B … Wikipedia
Hepatitis B — Classification and external resources Electron micrograph of hepatitis B virus ICD 10 B … Wikipedia
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
Transmission (medicine) — In medicine and biology, transmission is the passing of a communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to a conspecific individual or group, regardless of whether the other individual was previously infected.[1] Sometimes… … Wikipedia
