International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS)
ISSN: 2319-5886 Indexed in: ESCI (Thomson Reuters)
ST Sahita
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Medical College and Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaPublications
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Review Article
Seroprevalence of TORCH Infections in Pregnant Women with Bad Obstetric History
Author(s): ST Sahita* and SM Darji
Introduction: Primary infection with TORCH complex (Toxoplasma, Rubella, Cytomegalo virus and Herpes Simplex Virus I and II) in pregnant women can lead to adverse outcome like low birth weight to congenital anomalies, sensory neural deafness, mental retardation, cerebral palsy and sometimes to fatal outcomes like abortion and still birth which are initially unapparent or asymptomatic and thus difficult to diagnosed on clinical ground. Aim: To screen pregnant women with bad obstretic history for TORCH infection to minimize chances of congenital malformation in neonates. Material and methods: Over a period of one year total 130 serum samples were collected from antenatal women having bad obstetric history attending to tertiary health centre. Samples were .. Read More»
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