The Effect of Toxoplasmosis on Some Physiological Parameters

Rana  Abood; Ashraf Jamal Mahmoud  Zangana

Rana Abood College of Education for women, Bio. Dep., Tikrit University, Iraq
Ashraf Jamal Mahmoud Zangana Prof. Dr., College of Education for women, Bio. Dep., Tikrit University, Iraq

Keywords: Toxoplasmosis, Some physiological parameters, Iraq

Abstract

The incidence of toxoplasmosis was 65.3%, by collecting 101 samples of toxoplasmosis parasite from women visiting Al-Dujail Hospital and some private laboratories in Al-Dujail District, for the period from July 2023 to December 2023, and the ages of all samples were between (21-31) years. The current study showed that there were highly significant differences in both LH from sex hormones and T4 from thyroid hormones 4.120±1.720 and 7.75±1.01 in the infected group compared to the control group, and significant differences for T3 1.377±0.246 in the infected group, and no significant differences for each of FSH, TSH 1.83±0.44 and 2.07±0.69 in the infected group. The present study showed that there were highly significant differences according to age for thyroid hormones for each T3, T4, as well as a highly significant difference in the sex hormones FSH, LH between the infected groups when compared to the uninfected, and a significant difference in TSH between the infected group.

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