Serological Study for the Detection of Toxoplasma Gondii in Women in the Karkh Side of Baghdad City

Abstract

This study was conducted to reveal the rate of infection with Toxoplasma parasite in (96) blood samples from women examined by ELISA from (4) regions at Baghdad / Alkarkh during the period front -December 2025 to end of March 2025. will Total infection rate with Toxoplasma in women: The total infection rate with Toxoplasma in women's blood by ELISA IgG, IgM was 17 % (17/96) whereas ELISA, IgG rate recorded 14.58% (14/96), and ELISA, IgM recorded 3.12 % (3/96), such as Rate of infection with Toxoplasma in Women by ELISA (IgM) in relatio to regions of study women at Abu Ghraib recorded higher rate of infection 10%(2/20) followed then Al-Aamiriya 4.17% (1/24) then Al-Saydiya ) and finally Hayy Al-Jami'a 0%. ,as will Rate of infection with Toxoplasma in Women by ELISA (IgG) in relation to regions of study women at Abu Ghraib recorded higher rate of infection 20%(4/20) followed then Hayy Al-Jami'a 18.5% (5/27) then Al-Aamiriya 12.5%( 3/24) and finally Al-Saydiya 8% (2/25) with a significant (P< 0.01) difference, this study was to determine the Result of ELISA revealed that women with age group (20-30) years recorded higher rate of Infection by-IGM ( 2/43) compared with ( 1/53) recorded by women with age group(31-40) years While the results of IgG (5/43) in the age group(20-30) were lower than the second age group (9/53).