How might a virus during the prenatal period or shortly after birth bring about the onset of a psychological disorder later in the life of that child?
a) A virus may act directly by changing the immune system of the mother and the fetus
b) An infection elsewhere in the body could trigger the onset of a central nervous system disease.
c) A virus may act indirectly by infecting the central peripheral nervous system of the fetus.
d) A virus cannot infect the central nervous system of a fetus either directly or indirectly.
Ans: b) An infection elsewhere in the body could trigger the onset of a central nervous system disease.
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