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A woman just found out that she is pregnant. As a first-time mother-to-be and student in microbiology, she is worried about all the different microbes that could potentially harm her unborn child. What is the term used to describe the transmission of microbes from mother to fetus via the placenta or during delivery?

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Vertical transmission.
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