Epidemiological Study of Toxoplasmosis And Cytomegalovirus in Pregnant Women in Kerbala

Abdul-Rassol Kh. Saaeed, Dr.; Jaber Abed-Nour, Karrar

	Epidemiological Study of Toxoplasmosis And Cytomegalovirus in Pregnant Women in Kerbala
karbala journal of pharmaceutical sciences
Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 0-0 PDF (0 K)
Authors
Dr. Abdul-Rassol Kh. Saaeed; Karrar Jaber Abed-Nour
Abstract
Objectives: Identifying the seroprevalence of acute anti-Toxoplasma gondii and anti- CMV IgM and chronic IgG antibodies, the environmental and behavioral factors and some socio demographic data and influencing CMV as co-factor to infected with Toxoplasma gondii of the study sample. Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study done on 240 pregnant women(13-43 years old). All the studied women were interviewed and blood samples were taken and used Minividas technique for detect ion ant ibodies ( IgM and IgG) . Results: The seroprevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibody was (28.3%) for chronic Toxoplasmosis (IgG),and (0.8%) for acute Toxoplasmosis (IgM).While results for Cytomegalovirus (CMV)infection revealed that (92.08% ) positive for chronic CMV (IgG) and (0.8%) positive for acute CMV(IgM) ,The peak age for acquisition of the infection was (20-29 year old ) , There was a statistical significant association between seroprevalence with cat exposure ,revealed this results significant association between Toxoplasmosis and CMV infection and influencing CMV as co-factor to infected with Toxoplasma gondii and proved this results significant association between seroprevalence Toxoplasmosis and CMV infection with birth defect.
Keywords
toxoplasmosis; Cytomegalovirus; Mini VIDAS technique; birth defect

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