Question

Consider a situation in which a woman comes down with a case of rubella (German measles) in the eleventh week of pregnancy, as opposed to the thirtieth week of pregnancy. The difference in the way rubella affects the unborn child at these two times is an example of a _

Answer 1

the answer is Congenital rubella syndrome.

Step-by-step explanation:

Rubella that occurs during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy is fatal, affecting 99% of them, producing congenital Rubella Syndrome, with multiple cardiovascular and ocular pathologies; although the great majority of these infected pregnancies end in fetal death and miscarriage. The risk of this syndrome decreases after 10 weeks. After 29 weeks of pregnancy there is no record describing the appearance of congenital rubella.