Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii, Rubella and Cytomegalovirus in the south Eastern Turkey and the current approach
Abstract
Exposure to teratogens in the first weeks of embryo formation and infections that may affect the fetus; It is responsible for half of neonatal deaths [1]. The most common infectious agents that can affect the fetus during pregnancy are Toxoplasma gondii (T.gondii), Rubella virus (RV), Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Type I and II [2]. In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the Zika virus infection and the agent "Zika Virus" from the arbovirus family [3]. Zika virus was first detected in French Polynesia in 2013 as a combination of pictures similar to Guillain-Barre Syndrome and microcephaly [4,5]. Later, if pregnant women were infected, some craniofacial anomalies, loss of brain tissue, corpus callosum agenesis, low pressure cerebrospinal fluid, and various neurological disorders were observed in later periods [3,4].
After this date, a new definition as "TORZiCH" was made to the definition of "TORCH infection" [3].
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Keywords
cytomegalovirus
toxoplasma gondii
rubella Hamiləlik
itomeqalovirus
Toksoplazma gondi
Məxmərək беременность
цитомегаловирус
токсоплазма гонди
краснуха