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The idea for this book grew out of a report, TORCH Screening Reassessed, by a Public Health Laboratory Working Party in England. The report concluded that simply sending a blood sample with a request for screening for toxoplasma, rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpes simplex (TORCH) was an inadequate way of investigating many congenital infections. In addition, the authors recognized growing public concern over the risk presented to the fetus by maternal infection. The book is therefore aimed at a broad audience including medical, nursing, and paramedical staff members, as well as laypersons.
The book is divided into two sections. The first
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