Seroepidemiological Screening For Toxoplasmosis Within Unmarried Women In Basrah Province

Abstract

Current study included Seroepidemiological Screening of 450 sera from unmarried
women, within age ranged between (15 – 45) year by using IgG and IgM Enzyme Linked
Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) test. Sera collected from areas of Basrah province and from
different classes ( students , officials and housewives ) , and according to the primary health care department program the province was divided into eight sections .
Results documented that the prevalence rate of the disease in unmarred women in the
whole province was 58% while the prevalence rates of sections was as follows : Sec I 63.2% , Sec
II 51.8% , Al – Midayna 75% , AI – Qurna 64% , Al – Hartha 70% , Shatt – al – Arab 55% , Abu
– al – Khaseeb 67.5% and Al – Zubair 36.3% . The higher rate recorded in Al – Midayna and
lower rate in Al – Zubair . According to age group there is a significant difference ( P<0.025 ) and the results showed that (15 - 19) year with the rate of infection 64.54% , (30-34) year with rate 60.7% , (35-39) year with rate 60%, while the results upon sociodemographic data recorded that the housewives (all of them with low level of learning) represents rate 62.4% in comparison with students 45% and officials 44% , with a significant differences ( P < 0.05 ) .