Prenatal Diagnosis of congenital TORCH infection in Nigerian Pregnant Women

Objective: To study the incidence of fetal seropositive to IgM (congenital) in Nigerian patients with IgM seropositivity to Rubella, Cytomegalovirus, Toxoplasmosis, Varicella zoster, Herpes simplex, Syphilis and parvovirus. Setting: Prenatal Diagnosis and Therapy Centre in Tertiary Hospital in Lagos. Study design: Between 1994 and 2006, a total of n=236 referred and not referred pregnant women with seropositivity to Rubella, Cytomegalovirus, Toxoplasmosis, Varicella Zoster, Herpes Simplex, Syphilis and Parvovirus were screened for different positivity to IgM to the specific IgM their mothers were positive to, in…