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

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.

Keywords

• t. gondii
• aborted women
• vitamin d
• igm
• igg