Impact of toxoplasma infection on vitamin D level in Iraqi women- A cross sectional study

A cross sectional study included 60 women attending a medical city hospital, age range from 22 to 51 years , 30 women infected with Toxoplasma gondii, and other thirty women were taken as healthy control . Serum anti-T. gondii Immunoglobulin M and Immunoglobulin G and IgM antibodies levels were estimated and evaluated for this patient group.Vitamin D (D3) also determined and the relation between infecting aborted women and the level of vitamin D in the serum sample studied. The results showed non-significant differences in the age of all cases studied and healthy control group, there was 4(13.3%) infected women had acute infection with Toxoplasma IgM, while 26 (86.7%) had a chronic infection of toxoplasma IgG antibodies. Toxoplasma gondii infections were common, especially in women who were deficient in vitamin D, and the infections were linked to vitamin D deficiency. while there were highly significant differences according to toxoplasma infection.