Abstract

THE INCIDENCE OF PARASITE TOXOPLASMOSIS IN PREGNANT WOMEN

Sameerah Sadiq Abdulsamad* and Sahar Hatem Manhal

Abstract

Congenital toxoplasmosis is a disease with severe clinical manifestations in newborns so screening of pregnant women is crucial. This study was aimed at evaluating the latest status of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women and its respective risk factors in Iraq. In this study, the results showed that all these factors were statistically significant in IgG-positive subjects. In IgMpositive subjects, contact with a cat, the degree of meat cooking, unwashed raw vegetables, fruits consumption, and history of miscarriage were among the more important risk factors. The new cases of toxoplasmosis are being occurred in the pregnant women in the region under the study and therefore these pregnancies are uncertain.

Keywords: Toxoplasmosis, pregnant women.