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Highest rate of transmission of toxoplasmosis during pregnancy is seen in:

A
1st trimester
B
Ilnd trimester
C
IlIrd trimester
D
Puerperium
High-Yield Explanation
“The incidence and severity of congenital infection depend on fetal age at the time of maternal infection.The risks for fetal infection increases with duration of pregnancy from 6 % at 13 weeks to 72 % at 36 weeks. Conversely the severity of fetal infection is much greater in early pregnancy and fetuses are much more likely to develop clinical findings of infection." Williams Obs. 24/e, p 1255

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