Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Nov 2010)

Seropositivity rates for toxoplasmosis, rubella, syphilis, cytomegalovirus, hepatitis and HIV among pregnant women receiving care at a Public Health Service, São Paulo State, Brazil

  • Márcia Aparecida dos Santos Gonçalves,
  • Cinara de Cássia Brandão de Matos,
  • Lígia Cosentino Junqueira Franco Spegiorin, MD,
  • Denise Cristina Mós Vaz-Oliani,
  • Antonio Hélio Oliani,
  • Luiz Carlos de Mattos

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 6
pp. 601 – 605

Abstract

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Infectious and parasitic diseases affecting women during their reproductive age may result in vertical transmission. The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence for TORSCH among pregnant women receiving care at a university hospital. Records of 574 pregnant women who received medical attention from January 2006 to December 2007 were assessed. The mean age was 27.2 ± 6.5 years ranging from 13 to 44. The results of the immunodiagnostic tests were: 62.0% (345/556) for IgG and 3.4% (19/556) for IgM anti-T. gondii; 93.1% (433/465) for IgG and 0.6% (3/465) for IgM anti-rubella; 0.9% (5/561) for VDRL; 1.8% (10/554) for HBsAg; 0.7% (4/545) for anti-HCV and 2.1% (11/531) for HIV. In conclusion, the results of immunodiagnostic tests for the TORSCH panel among pregnant women attending a perinatal service of a university hospital are in agreement with those reported by previous studies and by governmental sources. Keywords: toxoplasmosis, rubella, infectious disease transmission, vertical, pregnancy complications, infectious, hepatitis