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SEROLOGICAL TESTS FOR TREPONEMAL DISEASE IN PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Hare M. J.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1973.tb15972.x
Subject(s) - serology , medicine , pregnancy , disease , obstetrics , pediatrics , immunology , biology , antibody , genetics
Summary The results of antenatal screening for treponemal disease during a 10‐year period at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London, are reported. Positive results were obtained on sera from 6.8 per thousand patients booked for confinement and in 3.9 per thousand these were due to previously undiagnosed treponemal infections. In 25 per cent of cases where the serum gave a positive reaction this was due to a Biological False Positive phenomenon.