Epidimilogical Study of Taxoplasmosis among Pregnant and non Pregnant in Baghdad City and its Relationship with Blood Groups

This study was conducted during the period from March 2018 to March 2019, and included using of direct hemagglutination method to determine the rate of infection with Toxoplasma gondiiamong women in Baghdad city. Detection of taxoplasmosis was carried out by collecting iso blood samples included 100 samples from pregnant women and 50 samples from non-pregnant women who had previous recurrent abortions due to probable toxoplasmosis at time of pregnancy. The infection rate with toxoplasmagondii was higher in non-pregnant women group Higher than the pregnant women group. Study of prevalence of toxoplasmosis among women’s’ age groups revealed that the highest infection rate was in the age group (26-30) years, while the lowest infection rate was in the age groups (15-20) and (>45) years of the pregnant women. The results of abortion frequency demonstrated that two times abortion was most frequent among pregnant women, and three times abortions was most frequent among non-pregnant women. Infection criteria for repeated abortions showed positive results for toxoplasmosis when serological examinations were used. Finally, our results found that the highest infection rate (98.3%) was among the pregnant women with A+ blood group, and (31.25%) among non-pregnant women with O+ blood group.