@article{ajeid2014216,
author={{El-Tantawy, Nora and Taman, Amira and Shalaby, Hend},
title={Toxoplasmosis and Female Infertility: Is there a Co-Relation?},
journal={American Journal of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease},
volume={2},
number={1},
pages={29--32},
year={2014},
url={http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajeid/2/1/6},
abstract={<i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> is a ubiquitous protozoan parasite that is estimated to infect one-third of the worldĄŻs human population causing a wide range spectrum of diseases. Reports on the prevalence of <i>T. gondii</i> infection among infertile females are scarce. This case-control study aimed to screen the infertile females and pregnant controls for <i>Toxoplasma </i>infection investigating a possible association with infertility. A total of 319 female infertility ladies and 103 pregnant controls were examined for the pres-ence of IgG and IgM antibodies against <i>T. gondii </i>by using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Ages in infertile ladies (26.8 years &#177; 4.7) was comparable with that of the controls (26 years &#177; 5.3), (<i>p</i> > 0.05). The overall seroprevalence of <i>T. gondii</i> in this study was 57.52%. Anti-<i>T. gondii</i> IgG antibodies indicating latent infection with <i>T. gondii</i> was found in 193 (61.85%) of 312 infertile ladies and 44 (44%) of 100 controls. There was a highly significant difference between the 2 groups (<i>p</i> = 0.002). Our results found an association between toxoplasmosis and infertility. This finding encourage both prompting health education to prevent <i>Toxoplasma</i> infection in female population especially in childbearing age and further investigation to elucidate the causative relation between <i>T. gondii</i> infection and female infertility.},
doi={10.12691/ajeid-2-1-6}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}