[Immunologic status of women of western Brittany with regard to the Torch complex (toxoplasmosis, rubella, cytomegalovirus, herpes); necessity of a polyvalent serologic surveillance in pregnancy].

Abstract

We have carried out a sero-epidemiological investigation with regard to the "Torch complex" in 702 women aged from 11 to 49 years and living in an urban district of the Finistere or Morbihan. The proportion of protected women was relatively low compared with other regions of France: 50.14% for toxoplasmosis 74.64% for rubella, 23.70% for cytomegalovirus and 39.61% for herpes. Furthermore, no woman had any antibodies for the virus of lymphocytic choriomeningitis, another potentially teratogenic virus. It thus seems advisable to supervise the serology of pregnant women in our region for the whole of the Torch complex. The practical modalities and the choice of serological reactions are discussed.

• Authors: C Chastel, P Laban, F Beaudre, F Le Goff
• Journal: La semaine des hopitaux : organe fonde par l'Association d'enseignement medical des hopitaux de Paris (Sem Hop) Vol. 53 Issue 18-19 Pg. 1059-66 (May 09 1977) France
• Vernacular Title: Statut immunologique des femmes de Bretagne occidentale vis-à-vis du complexe Torch (toxoplasmose, rubéole, cytomégalovirus, herpès); nécessité d'une surveillance sérologique polyvalente de la grossesse.
• PMID: 196341 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antibodies
• Antibodies, Viral

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Antibodies (analysis)
• Antibodies, Viral (analysis)
• Child
• Cytomegalovirus (immunology)
• Female
• France
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Pregnancy
• Rubella virus (immunology)
• Simplexvirus (immunology)
• Toxoplasma (immunology)