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TORCH Multipanel
For
Asia, Africa and Latin American markets only
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Catalogue name |
Type |
Packing |
Description |
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UNILATEX 696 |
Multipanel |
Boxes of 25 |
TORCH Multipanel Serum/Plasma
Test, for
the Professional Use only. |
TORCH
Toxo/Rubella/CMV/HSV 1/2 IgM
Antibodies Combo
Rapid Test Device
(Serum/Plasma)
ToRCH is an acronym for a group of infectious diseases
that, while infecting the pregnant women, may cause
birth defects in their newborns.1
ToRCH stands for 4 different infections that can
adversely affect the pregnant women and the fetus,
newborn children including birth defects and often
leading to abortion. The four infections are
Toxomplasma gondii
(A spirochete), Rubella (Virus), CMV – Cytomegalovirus
(Virus), HSV 1/2
– Herpes Simplex Virus 1 and/or 2 (Virus). The
infections usually cause few, if any, symptoms in the
pregnant woman, but pose greater risks of serious birth
defects for neonates. Infections caused by ToRCH –
Toxoplasma, Rubella Virus, Cytomegalo Virus (CMV) and
Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) – is the major cause of BOH
(Bad Obstetric History).2
Risks are severe, if the mother gets the infection in
the first trimester as the baby's organs start to form
in this stage. General symptoms include premature birth,
growth retardation, neurological abnormalities, damage
of the eye, liver, heart and ear as well as bone
lesions. Microcephaly, hydrocephaly, seizures and
psychomotor retardation accompany these malformations.
The ToRCH IgM Antibodies Combo Rapid Test Device
(Serum/Plasma) is a rapid chromatographic immunoassay
for the qualitative detection of IgM antibodies to Toxo,
Rubella, CMV, and HSV 1/2 in serum or plasma specimens.
PRINCIPLE
The ToRCH IgM Antibodies Combo Rapid Test Device
(Serum/Plasma) is a qualitative,
lateral flow
immunoassay for the detection of IgM antibodies to Toxo,
Rubella, CMV, and HSV 1/2 in serum or
plasma specimens.
In
these
antigens of Toxo, Rub, CMV and HSV 1/2 are coated in the
test line
regions of each section in the test. During testing, the
serum or plasma specimen reacts with Goat antihuman
IgM coated particles in the test strip. The mixture then
migrates upward on the membrane by
capillary action and reacts with the Toxo, Rub, CMV and
HSV 1/2 specific antigens on the membrane in
the test line regions of the respective sections. The
presence of a colored line in the test line region of a
particular section indicates a positive result for the
corresponding infection, viz. Toxo, Rub, CMV, HSV
1/2, while its absence indicates a negative result for
that infection. To serve as a procedural control, a
colored line will always appear in the respective
control line regions of all the four strips.
**"This
product is not distributed in the European Union. It
does not bear the CE marking as it has not undergone the
conformity assessment procedures of the European
Directive 98/79/EC, for in vitro medical devices".
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