ID Transmitted Through Pregnancy Flashcards
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Q
TORCH is an acronym for a group of infectious diseases that can be transmitted from a pregnant woman to her unborn child during pregnancy or childbirth.
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T: oxoplasmosis
O: ther agents (such as syphilis, varicella-zoster virus, parvovirus B19)
R: ubella
C: ytomegalovirus (CMV)
H: erpes simplex virus (HSV)
