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