TY - JOUR ID - TI - Study The Relationship Between Some Sex Hormones and Toxoplasmosis Among Infertile Men Patients in Thi-Qar Province AU - Jabbar H. Fezaa AU - Mohannad Abd-Al Razzaq Gati AU - Bassad A. Al-Aboody PY - 2019 VL - 9 IS - 2 SP - 151 EP - 157 JO - Journal of Education for Pure Science مجلة التربية للعلوم الصرفة SN - 20736592 AB - Abstract:Toxoplasma gondii is the causal agent of Toxoplasmosis which infects a large proportion of the world’spopulation, but clinically uncommonly causes significant disease. The present study was performed toestimate the relationship between toxoplasmosis and some sex hormones (testosterone hormone , folliclestimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone ) and also to estimate the prevalence of toxoplasmosisin infertility men. 280 samples of both infertile patients(180) and controls(100) had been tested by ELISAtechnique to detect anti-Toxoplasma Abs (IgG and IgM).The levels of sex hormones were also tested inmen sera by ELISA test. The results of the present study in both infertile patients and healthy controlsshowed presence of anti-Toxoplasma IgG Abs in 40 out of 180 (22.23%) and 16 out of 100 (16%)respectively. While the result of ELISA- IgM test was (0 %) in both subjects .The results of sex hormonesappeared the level of testosterone hormone was lowest in infertile patients infected with toxoplasmosiscompared to higher level of hormone in non infected infertile patients and control groups.

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