08-14-2010, 07:48 AM
A pregnant 16 yr old female living in Haiti is brought to the hospital in labor. During the mother's second month of pregnancy, she had a flu-like illness with a low-grade fever, maculopapular rash, and lymphadenophy. The child is born deaf and with cataracts. This could have been prevented
A) if the mother had not handled cat litter
B) if the mother had not eaten raw beef
C) if the mother had received acyclovir at the time of the rash
D) if the mother had been vaccinated with the appropriate childhood vaccines
E) none of the above, this was a genetic anomaly
A) if the mother had not handled cat litter
B) if the mother had not eaten raw beef
C) if the mother had received acyclovir at the time of the rash
D) if the mother had been vaccinated with the appropriate childhood vaccines
E) none of the above, this was a genetic anomaly