Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Cytomegalovirus in Sera of Aborted Women in Samaraa city

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  • Sheelan A. Anwar
  • Nuha S. Al-Bayati

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25130/tjps.v22i6.787

Keywords:

Toxoplasmosis, Cytomegalovirus, Abortion, Samaraa city

Abstract

The aim of this study was to detect the relationship between Toxoplasmosis, Cytomegalovirus infections and occurrence of abortion. The records of 173 aborted women between age of less than twenty years and fifty years old attending to the hospital of Samaraa general hospital from October 2015 to April 2016 were reviewed. Investigation by using VIDAS technique represented that T. Gondii antibodies showed in 54(31.2 %) of aborted women ,while 23(13.3 %) represented infected with Cytomegalovirus and 7(4.1%) were infected with both Toxoplasmosis and Cytomegalovirus. Also the study showed that 77 (44.5%) of aborted women were in aged groups between 21-30 years old ,and the anti-toxoplasmosis IgM &IgG found in 66(38.2%) and anti-cytomegalovirus IgM &IgG found only in 30(17.34%) in aborted women.

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2023-01-30

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Sheelan A. Anwar, & Nuha S. Al-Bayati. (2023). Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Cytomegalovirus in Sera of Aborted Women in Samaraa city. Tikrit Journal of Pure Science, 22(6), 34–38. https://doi.org/10.25130/tjps.v22i6.787

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