Mother-Child Parasitic Transmission 🔬 Exploring the Intricacies of Mother-Child Parasitic Transmission 🔬 Did you know that every parasite harbored by a mother can pass its genetic code, eggs, larvae, and waste across the placental barrier through her bloodstream, affecting her growing child? But it doesn’t stop there. Even after birth, breast milk can carry a mother’s parasite load , including new exposures and their genetic material, transferring it directly to her child