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Table 1 The epidemiological characteristics and application of TORCH test

From: TORCH screening used appropriately in China?─three years results from a teaching hospital in northwest China

Characteristics

No

Application of TORCH test

Others Characteristics

No

Both IgM and IgG: n(%)

Only IgM: n

Year

   

The Distributions of BOH

 

 2015

4953

4937 (99.68)

16

Infertility

760

 2016

6387

4030 (63.10)

2357

Intrauterine foetal death

37

 2017

6764

4699 (69.47)

2065

Intrauterine growth retardaion

7

Age

   

Still birth

18

 20~25 years

2659

2082 (78.30)

577

Habitual abortion

1557

 26~30 years

9755

7438 (76.25)

2317

Spontaneous abortion

341

 ≥ 31 years

5690

4146 (72.86)

1544

Missed abortion

4

Before pregnancy

9352

6571 (70.26)

2781

Fetal congenital malformation

13

Periods of gestation

8752

7094 (81.06)

1658

Serologic test

 

 First trimester

3700

3297 (89.11)

403

Only one time

17,785

 Second trimester

4359

3490 (80.06)

869

Two or more times▲

319

 Third trimester

693

307 (44.30)

386

PCR test

 

BOH group

2737

1115 (40.74)

1622

CMV-DNA testa

59

Normal control group

15,367

12,599 (81.99)

2768

HSV-2-DNA testb

5

  1. Note: ▲In the first serologic test, 29 cases were seropositive to only IgM antibody (4 for TOX, 2 for RV, 17 for CMV, 2 for HSV-1 and 4 for HSV-2); a45 were serum, 14 were urine;b1 was serum and 4 were secretion