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perinatal transmission
gen. سراية المرض من الأم لطفلها
med. انْتِقالٌ المرض عَمودِياً
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perinatal transmission
med. When an HIV-infected mother passes HIV to her infant during pregnancy, labor and delivery, or breastfeeding through breast milk. Antiretroviral ARV drugs are given to HIV-infected women during pregnancy and to their infants after birth to reduce the risk of mother- to-child transmission MTCT of HIV see also prevention of mother-to-child transmission