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vertical transmission
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vertical transmission [′vərd·ə·kəl tranz′mish·ən]
(genetics)
Passage of genetic information from one cell or individual organism to its progeny by conventional heredity mechanisms.


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0 per cent who reported having injected drugs, 2 per cent through blood transfusions (no new cases since 1991), and less than 1 per cent through mother-to-child transmission.
These are having a dire effect on HIV/AIDS, including antiretroviral treatment and prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programmes.
UNAIDS signed a partnership deal with several non-governmental organizations at the United Nations to work to eliminate HIV mother-to-child transmission in Africa.
 
 
 
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