Serological Study For TORCH  Infections In Women With High Delivery Risk Factors In Mosul

Taie,; Ahmed  Dawood AL, Anmar

	Serological Study For TORCH Infections In Women With High Delivery Risk Factors In Mosul
Tikrit Journal of Pure Science
Article 1, Volume 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 193-198
Authors
; Anmar Ahmed Dawood AL
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the incidence of TORCH infections in women having history of pregnancy loss (PL) and women with high delivery risk factors (HDRF) in Mosul / Iraq. Setting : A prospective study conducted during period from July 2006 to June 2007 . Methods : The study included (100) women with (HDRF) and (50) clinically normal women with previous normal pregnancy and full term deliveries . Serological evolution for TORCH infections was carried out by IgG and IgM ELISA method . Results :The acronym TORCH (Toxoplasma, Other infections ,Rubella, Cytomegalovirus, Herpes simplex virus) was introduced to highlight a group of agents which cause congenital and perinatal infections. The prevalence of TORCH infections in Mosul are examined in this study. Toxoplasmosis is with a high risk infection seropositivity rate of only 43% among women of child-bearing age , 12% of them also are already seropositive for cytomegalovirus (CMV) and therefore most cases of congenital CMV infection are likely to result from maternal reinfection. Rubella infections still occur each year and it appear in 16% . Neonatal Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection is also low in Mosul 11%. It is apparent that requests for TORCH screening has been over-ordered and clinicians should be encouraged to send appropriate specimens for specific tests depending on the clinical features of the individual case so as to reduce the adverse fetal outcome .
Keywords
TORCH; Seroprevalence; high delivery risk factors; Pregnancy loss

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