Health Care

Vertical Infectious Disease Transmission

The transmission of infectious disease or pathogens from one generation to another. It includes transmission in utero or intrapartum by exposure to blood and secretions, and postpartum exposure via breastfeeding.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The transmission of infectious disease or pathogens from one generation to another. It includes transmission in utero or intrapartum by exposure to blood and secretions, and postpartum exposure via breastfeeding.

MeSH Record

Classification

Broader headings

Related Concepts

Knowledge Graph

Loading graph…

Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.

MeSH Record

Synonyms

21 entry terms
  • Infection Transmission, Vertical
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
  • Pathogen Transmission, Vertical
  • Vertical Infection Transmission
  • Vertical Transmission of Infectious Disease
  • Transmission, Vertical Infection
  • Transmission, Vertical Pathogen
  • Vertical Pathogen Transmission
  • Fetomaternal Infection Transmission
  • Infection Transmission, Fetomaternal
  • Infection Transmission, Maternal-Fetal
  • Maternal-Fetal Infection Transmission
  • Mother-to-Child Transmission
  • Infection Transmission, Maternal Fetal
  • Maternal Fetal Infection Transmission
  • Mother to Child Transmission
  • Mother-to-Child Transmissions
  • Transmission, Fetomaternal Infection
  • Transmission, Maternal-Fetal Infection
  • Transmission, Mother-to-Child
  • Transmissions, Mother-to-Child

MeSH Record

Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, statistics & numerical data, veterinary.

MeSH Record

Indexing Annotation

coordinate IM with specific disease /transm (IM); INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL see DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS is also available

MeSH Record

History Note

2009 (1995)

MeSH Record

Previous Indexing

  • specific diseases/transmission (1975-1994)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. N06.850w.335w.875w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Vertical Infectious Disease Transmission. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018445. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018445
  2. Vertical Infectious Disease Transmission. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertically_transmitted_infection
  3. Vertical Infectious Disease Transmission. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4113827