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D Question 11 0.5 pts Barbara Burke is a 22 y/o who is pregnant with her first child. On her initial OBGYN exam, the doctor asks if she has any pets. Barbara says that she has two cats. The doctor encourages her to have another person change the cat litter because she could expose herself and her fetus to toxoplasmosis. The doctor explains this infection in layperson's terms. O "This is a serious bacterial infection that you can get if you have a wound or cut and come in contact with contaminated animal feces. It can affect you and your fetus's nervous system, leading to painful muscle contractions that are so severe that you cannot open your mouth or swallow. It's often called lockjaw." "This is a fungal infection transmitted from pets to humans via contact with contaminated animal feces causing your fetus to have microcephalus or hydrocephalus." "This is an infection caused by a parasite that lives in the stool or feces of pets. If you become infected, your developing child can also be infected causing an abnormally small head with an underdeveloped brain or excess water on the brain potentially causing mental retardation."

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11. This is an infection that is caused by a parasite that lives in stool of pets.the developing child mahe a small head with underdeveloped brain or water on the brain causing mental retardation.

9. antibody is a disease fighting protein created by imune system in response to a antigen.

10 Caused by a pathogen when the host is weakened.