Immunological Impact of Toxoplasmosis Infection in Women Aged 21-31 in Dujail, Iraq: A Comparative Study
Rana Abood Mahdi, Ashraf Jamal Mahmoud Zangana
101 samples of toxoplasmosis parasite were collected from Dujail Hospital and some private laboratories from various areas of Dujail district, for the period from July 2023 to December 2023, and infection was diagnosed through TORCH analysis, and the number of samples infected with toxoplasmosis reached 66 positive samples out of 101 samples, and the ages of all were The samples were between (21-31) years old, where the percentage of the total amounted to 65.3%. It was found that there was a relationship between women infected with toxoplasmosis and age groups, and there was a significant difference between the percentages of age groups, as age group (21-26) recorded the highest percentage of infection with toxoplasmosis, and it reached 67.2%, and age group (26-31) had the lowest percentage of infection, reached 64.1%. There was a highly significant difference of 0.01 in Cysteine 9.07±2.77 among the infected group when compared with control group, and also a significant difference of 0.05 in TNF-α 264±22.5 in infected women group compared with control group, and there were no significant differences in both, INF- Y, NK cells CSF were 104.9±26.6, 793±190, and 309.7±54.9 among the group of affected women compared with control group. The concentration of IgG Cysteine, TNF-α, INF-Y, NK cells, IgM, and CSF was measured according to age groups, and it was found that there were highly significant differences of 0.01 for Cysteine in the group of affected women when compared with control group, and significant differences of 0.05 for TNF-α. α between the group of affected women and compared with control group, and there were no significant differences for INF-Y, NK cells, CSF in group of affected women when compared with control group.
Keywords: Toxoplasmosis, Some immunological criteria, Iraq
