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Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical

"Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The transmission of infectious disease or pathogens from one generation to another. It includes transmission in utero or intrapartum by exposure to blood and secretions, and postpartum exposure via breastfeeding.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical" by people in this website by year, and whether "Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 49 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2003 and 2021
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