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TORCH Profile: A Convenient Method for Screening Infection in Pregnancy by ELISA: A ReviewBy Tripti Pokhrel, Subham Sharma, Surya Rana Bhat
Abstract: TORCH is a medical acronym for a set of perinatal infections: toxoplasmosis, other (syphilis), rubella (German measles), cytomegalovirus (CMV), herpes simplex virus (HSV-1, 2). They are a group of viral, bacterial and protozoan infections that gain access to the fetal bloodstream transplacentally via the chorionic villi or hematogenous transmission any time during gestation or occasionally at the time of delivery via maternal-to-fetal transfusion. TORCH infections may result in abortion, still …
Published in Research and Reviews: A Journal of Microbiology and Virology · Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2014 · pp. 16–21 Read article →