Table 1 Characteristics of children classified as infected before or after birth.
Characteristic | Congenital | Acquired | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Case Number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
Treatment in pregnancy | N | N | N | U | U | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | U | U | U | N | N | N | U | N | U | N | N | N | U | U | N | U |
IgM + at presentation | X | X | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | X | X | N | X | ||||||||||
RC <2 years old | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||||||||
Signs in infancy | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | * | ||||||||||||||||||||
First RC ⩾⩾4–9 years | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First RC ⩾⩾10 years | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
IgM, immunoglobulin M; N, no; RC, retinochoroiditis; U, unknown; Y, yes.
*Amblyopia noted in the past