TORCH Agents in Pregnant Saudi Women
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TORCH agents in pregnant Saudi women.
OBJECTIVE To determine the seroprevalence rates of IgG to common TORCH agents in pregnant Saudi women using indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A total of 926 samples of sera were tested for antibodies to TORCH agents known to cause serious congenital infections: Toxoplasma gondii, rubella, cytomegalovirus (CMV), herpes simplex viruses (HSV-1 and HSV-2), varicella...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Principles and Practice
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1011-7571,1423-0151
DOI: 10.1159/000065813