Multiple choice

In which of the following viral diseases, the infants have distinctive abnormalities at birth due to the mother's infection with chickenpox in the first trimester of pregnancy?

  1. Genital herpes

  2. HSV proctitis

  3. HSV Encephalitis

  4. HSV Meningitis

  5. Congential Varicella syndrome
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Explanation

Congenital Varicella Syndrome is an extremely rare disorder in which affected infants have distinctive abnormalities at birth (congenital) due to the mother's infection with chickenpox (maternal varicella zoster) early during pregnancy (i.e., up to 20 weeks gestation).

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