[A preliminary study on the antenatal diagnosis and prevention of the fetus toxoplasmosis infection]

Zhonghua Fu Chan Ke Za Zhi. 1995 Apr;30(4):200-2.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

For those pregnant women with an abnormal pregnancy history, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique was adopted to screening the serum toxoplasmosis DNA (TOX-DNA). Then tests were made for further evidence of TOX-DNA in the amnionic fluids TOX-DNA was examined in cases with blood TOX-DNA positive. Gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) and alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) in the amnionic fluids were measured for reference, a antenatal diagnosis of the fetal congenital toxoplasmosis infection could thus be made. In the present paper, 9 out of 92 blood specimen were TOX-DNA positive, of the 9 cases, 5 had TOX-DNA and 4 had no TOX-DNA in the amnionic fluid tests. The results of follow-up examination in the 9 cases were in conformity with the ante natal diagnosis. This is an important procedure for diagnosis and prevention of maternal-fetal vertical infection of Toxoplasmosis.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • DNA, Protozoan / blood*
  • Female
  • Fetal Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / prevention & control*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / parasitology
  • Prenatal Diagnosis*
  • Toxoplasma / isolation & purification
  • Toxoplasmosis / transmission*
  • Toxoplasmosis, Congenital / diagnosis*
  • Toxoplasmosis, Congenital / embryology

Substances

  • DNA, Protozoan