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AFFLICTION WITH TOXOPLASMOSIS AMONG INFERTILE MEN IN KAMAL AL-SAMARAEE HOSPITAL, BAGHDAD CITY | ||
| AL-TAQANI | ||
| Article 1, Volume 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 0-0 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ahmed A. M. Al-Saadi; Mohammed J. Qasim; Nuhal Noel Jebri | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease of human and animal, caused by the opportunistic protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. The present study was performed in Kamal AL-Samaraee Hospital, in Baghdad city during the period from the first of October 2011 till the end of January 2012. In this cross sectional study, ELISA technique was used for the detection of IgM and IgG in 110 infertile men aged from 25 to 59 years. Out of the total number of infertile men, the results showed that 46 (41.81%) were positive for toxoplasmosis, with a higher frequency in the age group (35-39) years. Among those seropositive results, there were 43cases (93.47%) with decreased level of testosterone, 26 cases (56.52%) with abnormal sperms morphology, 31cases (67.39%) with decreased sperm count and 34 cases (73.91%) with abnormal sperm motility. | ||
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