Frequency of HIV-1, rubella, syphilis, toxoplasmosis, cytomegalovirus, simple herpes virus, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, Chagas' disease and HTLV I/II infection in pregnant women of State of Mato Grosso do Sul

It was aimed to estimate the frequency of syphilis, rubella, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, taxoplasmosis, Chagas' disease, HTLVI/II, simple herpes vir vs, HIV-1 and cytomegalovirus in pregnant women and to evaluate the relationship between age and the frequency of the infections studied. A transversal study of 32,512 pregnant women submitted to pre-natal sreening in the period of November 2002 to October 2003. The frequency of the tired infections among the pregnant women were 0.2% of HIV-1, 0.03% of rubella 0.8%. of syphilis, 0.4% of toxoplasmosis, 0.05% of cytomegalovirus, 0.02% of simple herpes virus, 0.3% of HBsAg, 0.1% of hepatitis C, 0.1% of HTLV and 0. 1% of Chagas' disease. There was significative statistical association between age and prenatal infection of rubella, cytomegalovirus, Chagas' disease and herpes virus. The rates of frequency of rubella, syphilis, toxoplasmosis, Chagas' disease and cytomegalovirus in pregnant women studied were lower than the compared rates.