Infants Born to Asymptomatic Mothers with Recurrent Genital Herpes Are

Multiple Choice

Infants born to asymptomatic mothers with recurrent genital herpes are less likely to acquire herpesvirus at birth than infants born to newly infected mothers because

A) the disease cannot be transmitted to newborns.
B) maternal antibodies offer protection.
C) the disease is not communicable.
D) prophylactic antibiotics are administered to the newborn.
E) the virus is not growing.