Epidemiological investigation on TORCH infection of children in Pu′er / 国际检验医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To make an epidemiological investigation on TORCH infection in children in Pu′er city of Yunnan prov‐ince ,in order to provide references for the prevention and treatment of TORCH infection in children .Methods A total of 1 194 children treated at this hospital from January to December 2014 were selected and divided into five age groups .Serum TORCH spe‐cific IgM and IgG antibodies were detected by using enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) and the positive rate of TORCH specific antibody and TORCH infection rate were comparatively analysed .Results The positive rate of TORCH specific IgM anti‐body was significantly lower than that of IgG .The range of positive rate of IgM was 0 .00% -3 .10% ,and that of IgG was 10 .13% -82 .24% .The total infection rate of TORCH was 96 .98% .There were no significant differences in the infection rate of single item of TORCH or the total TORCH infection rate among the five different age groups(P>0 .05) .The distribution of infec‐tion rate of single item of TORCH among the five age groups was statistically significantly different(P0 .05) .Conclusion Children with TORCH infection in this area mainly are infected by CMV ,followed with RV and HSV infections ,while TOX infection is uncommon .There are no obvious differences in different seasons and children in different age groups .