The TORCH test, is sometimes called the TORCH panel

The answer is yes, probably. You do not do the torch test in normal cases. You will have to go for TORCH test after normal delivery in many patients. You will probably find few of them, who are TORCH positive.

To shine a light

Conrad Hubert incented the first torch light. His purpose is just lighten his flowerpot and make it shining in night.

The TORCH test measures the levels of an infant's antibodies against five groups of chronic infections: t oxoplasmosis, o ther infections, r ubella, c ytomegalovirus (CMV), and h erpes simplex virus (HSV).