Toxoplasmosis Among a Sample of Aborted Women in Baghdad City

Abstract

The study was conducted in Baghdad from November /2008 to April/2009 to determine the current toxoplasmosis among 400 previously aborted pregnant women (history of abortion) who were referred to the Central Health Laboratory in Baghdad for determining the level of Immunoglobulin–Antibody of toxoplasmosis using ELISA technique and latex agglutination test. The age of these women were ranging between 15-45 years. Seropositivity rate of the result showed that the IgM 61(15.25%). The seropositivity was higher in age group (25-29) years, illiteracy women, housewives, the women with repeated one abortion, drinking unpasteurized milk, women with contact with cats and women with contact with domestic animals. It is recommended that there is a need for health education especially to pregnant women by mass media concentrating on prevents contact with cats.