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Prevalence of toxoplasmosis, rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpes (TORCH) infections among women attending the antenatal care clinic, maternity hospital in Abha, Southwestern Saudi Arabia

Ahmed M. Al-Hakami, Esther Paul, Faten Al-Abed, Ahmad A. Alzoani, Ayed A. Shati, Mohammad I. Assiri, Asim A. Qasim, Fatima Riaz, Riyad A. Moosa and Harish C. Chandramoorthy
Saudi Medical Journal July 2020, 41 (7) 757-762; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.7.25121
Ahmed M. Al-Hakami
From the Department of Microbiology and Clinical Parasitology (Al-Hakami, Paul, Moosa, Chandramoorthy); from the Department of Child Health (Shati); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Riaz); from College of Medicine (Assiri, Qasim), King Khalid University, from the Department of Main Laboratory (Al-Abed); and from the Department of Neonatology (Alzoani), Abha Maternity and Children Hospital, Ministry of Health, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MSc, PhD
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Esther Paul
From the Department of Microbiology and Clinical Parasitology (Al-Hakami, Paul, Moosa, Chandramoorthy); from the Department of Child Health (Shati); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Riaz); from College of Medicine (Assiri, Qasim), King Khalid University, from the Department of Main Laboratory (Al-Abed); and from the Department of Neonatology (Alzoani), Abha Maternity and Children Hospital, Ministry of Health, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS, MD
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Faten Al-Abed
From the Department of Microbiology and Clinical Parasitology (Al-Hakami, Paul, Moosa, Chandramoorthy); from the Department of Child Health (Shati); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Riaz); from College of Medicine (Assiri, Qasim), King Khalid University, from the Department of Main Laboratory (Al-Abed); and from the Department of Neonatology (Alzoani), Abha Maternity and Children Hospital, Ministry of Health, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ahmad A. Alzoani
From the Department of Microbiology and Clinical Parasitology (Al-Hakami, Paul, Moosa, Chandramoorthy); from the Department of Child Health (Shati); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Riaz); from College of Medicine (Assiri, Qasim), King Khalid University, from the Department of Main Laboratory (Al-Abed); and from the Department of Neonatology (Alzoani), Abha Maternity and Children Hospital, Ministry of Health, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ayed A. Shati
From the Department of Microbiology and Clinical Parasitology (Al-Hakami, Paul, Moosa, Chandramoorthy); from the Department of Child Health (Shati); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Riaz); from College of Medicine (Assiri, Qasim), King Khalid University, from the Department of Main Laboratory (Al-Abed); and from the Department of Neonatology (Alzoani), Abha Maternity and Children Hospital, Ministry of Health, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammad I. Assiri
From the Department of Microbiology and Clinical Parasitology (Al-Hakami, Paul, Moosa, Chandramoorthy); from the Department of Child Health (Shati); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Riaz); from College of Medicine (Assiri, Qasim), King Khalid University, from the Department of Main Laboratory (Al-Abed); and from the Department of Neonatology (Alzoani), Abha Maternity and Children Hospital, Ministry of Health, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Asim A. Qasim
From the Department of Microbiology and Clinical Parasitology (Al-Hakami, Paul, Moosa, Chandramoorthy); from the Department of Child Health (Shati); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Riaz); from College of Medicine (Assiri, Qasim), King Khalid University, from the Department of Main Laboratory (Al-Abed); and from the Department of Neonatology (Alzoani), Abha Maternity and Children Hospital, Ministry of Health, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Fatima Riaz
From the Department of Microbiology and Clinical Parasitology (Al-Hakami, Paul, Moosa, Chandramoorthy); from the Department of Child Health (Shati); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Riaz); from College of Medicine (Assiri, Qasim), King Khalid University, from the Department of Main Laboratory (Al-Abed); and from the Department of Neonatology (Alzoani), Abha Maternity and Children Hospital, Ministry of Health, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Riyad A. Moosa
From the Department of Microbiology and Clinical Parasitology (Al-Hakami, Paul, Moosa, Chandramoorthy); from the Department of Child Health (Shati); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Riaz); from College of Medicine (Assiri, Qasim), King Khalid University, from the Department of Main Laboratory (Al-Abed); and from the Department of Neonatology (Alzoani), Abha Maternity and Children Hospital, Ministry of Health, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Harish C. Chandramoorthy
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vol. 41 no. 7 757-762
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.7.25121
PubMed 
32601646

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received January 25, 2020
  • Accepted March 13, 2020
  • Published online July 1, 2020.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Ahmed M. Al-Hakami, MSc, PhD⇑,
  2. Esther Paul, MBBS, MD,
  3. Faten Al-Abed, MBBS, PhD,
  4. Ahmad A. Alzoani, MBBS, SBPed,
  5. Ayed A. Shati, MBBS, SBPed,
  6. Mohammad I. Assiri, MBBS,
  7. Asim A. Qasim, MBBS,
  8. Fatima Riaz, MBBS, FCPS,
  9. Riyad A. Moosa, BSc, MSc and
  10. Harish C. Chandramoorthy, PhD, FICS
  1. From the Department of Microbiology and Clinical Parasitology (Al-Hakami, Paul, Moosa, Chandramoorthy); from the Department of Child Health (Shati); from the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Riaz); from College of Medicine (Assiri, Qasim), King Khalid University, from the Department of Main Laboratory (Al-Abed); and from the Department of Neonatology (Alzoani), Abha Maternity and Children Hospital, Ministry of Health, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprints request to: Dr. Ahmed M. Al-Hakami, Department of Microbiology and Clinical Parasitology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: amhakami{at}gmail.com ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3938-5182
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