垂すい直ちょく感かん染せん

noun

vertical transmission; vertical infection

Medical term for transmission of an infection from mother to child during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding.

• HIVの垂すい直ちょく感かん染せんを防ふせぐために、妊にん婦ぷへの抗こうウイルス薬やく投とう与よが行おこなわれている。

  Antiviral drugs are administered to pregnant women to prevent vertical transmission of HIV.