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Cross-sectional study of infertile males with toxoplasmosis in Baghdad province
اروى مجاهد عبد الله
Authors : Husam E. Abdulla, Nada M. Al-bashier, Ula Al-kawaz, Arwa M. Abdullah Al-Shuwaikh, Ahmed S. Abood
Abstract—Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease caused by a protozoan parasite called Toxoplasma gondii which infect all mammals and birds species throughout the world. some studies shows that toxoplasmosis have adverse effect for male reproductive system, parasites are isolated from different parts of animals even from semen but there are little information about the effect of toxoplasmosis on fertility in animals and humans. The present investigation dealt with studying the prevalence of chronic toxoplasmosis with in infertility patients. A total number of 83 individual, in which 64 infertile male patients, Include 25 males with primary infertility and also 39 males with secondary infertility. Blood were collected in a period between April 2104 and August 2014. Serum samples were studied for determination of chronic infection with toxoplasmosis, by using ELISA technique. This study showed clearly that 23 (27.7%) of individuals participated in this study having IgG Toxoplasma Ab, among those 3 samples (15.8%) were control, 20 sample were infertile and the infertile group sub divided in to 6 (30%) primary infertility and (14 70%) secondary infertility. The Toxoplasma infection have no effect on male reproductive parameters. Index Terms— ELISA, IgG, Male Infertility, Toxoplasmosis, Toxoplasma gondii.

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January-2015