What it is: it is a bacterial infection. They can produce puss on the pennies and the vagina. You can prevent this buy using a latex condom and you can be just plan old abstinence. Does it effect the baby in pregnancy No it does not. If one of the partners sees the symptoms of Chancriod they should both get treated for it. Can it it be cured? Yes it can. Were is it most common? It is most common in south Africa and Asia. And it is becoming more common in the USA. The diagnosis is made by examining the bacteria hemophilus ducrey in a cutler of genital ulcer or sore. it is Transmitted through skin to skin. Complacations are it is well established for HIV. An indivial infected with