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Impact of toxoplasma infection on vitamin D level in Iraqi women- A cross sectional study

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Last updated: 01 Feb 2025

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Infectious diseases

Abstract

Background:  A cross-sectional study included 60 women attending medical city hospital, age range from 16 to 43 years, 30 women infected with Toxoplasma gondii, and other thirty women were taken as healthy control. Methods: Estimation of serum anti–T. gondii Ab (IgG) and IgM levels were done in this patient's group. The evaluation of serum Vitamin D (D3) was also determined to study the relation between infecting aborted women and the level of vitamin D in sera sample studied. Results: The results showed nonsignificant differences in the age of all cases studied and healthy control group, there was 4 (13.3%) of infected women had acute infected with toxoplasma IgM, while 26 (86.7%) had chronic infection of toxoplasma IgG antibodies. Conclusion: while there were highly significant differences according to toxoplasma infection also recorded. Toxoplasma gondii infections were common, especially in women who were clearly deficient in vitamin D, and toxoplasma infections were linked to vitamin D deficiency.

DOI

10.21608/mid.2024.295941.1985

Keywords

T. gondii, Aborted Women, Vitamin D, IgM, IgG

Authors

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Amani

Last Name

Jasim

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Affiliation

Middle Technical University, Baghdad, Iraq

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amanimohamed320@ymail.com

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First Name

Rabia

Last Name

Aboud

MiddleName

Ali

Affiliation

Al- Farahidi University, Baghdad, Iraq

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First Name

safa

Last Name

Fadil

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A.

Affiliation

Ministry of Education, Baghdad, Iraq

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Volume

6

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1

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53078

Issue Date

2025-02-01

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2024-06-07

Publish Date

2025-02-01

Page Start

402

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406

Print ISSN

2682-4132

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2682-4140

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1,157

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Microbes and Infectious Diseases

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Impact of toxoplasma infection on vitamin D level in Iraqi women- A cross sectional study

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01 Feb 2025