MOLECULAR DETECTION OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII IN WOMEN AT WASIT PROVINCE, IRAQ

Abstract

The Toxoplasma gondii is one of the most common zoonotic infectious pathogenic parasites 
and can be infected the human and animals. Regarding to transmission of disease by feline. The 
current study aimed to diagnose T. gondii by highly specific molecular as Real-Time PCR based 
TaqMan probe and primers to amplify the B1 gene of Toxoplasma gondii. The present study 
included 200 blood samples of the pregnant and non- pregnant women attending to the Al- kut 
and Al- Shaheed Fairose Hospitals during October 2023-December 2023 to identify the prevalence
of the parasitic disease of Toxoplasma gondii among females .
 The present results showed that the B1 gene for detection T. gondii were reported in 11 (11.0% 
) of pregnant women and 10 (10.0%) of non-pregnant women. The higher infection 8/54 (12.9%)
was appeared in age group (20-29) years old of the pregnant women and in the rural areas 
9/42(17.6%). The aborted women was reported the highest infection of T. gondii 9/29 (23.7%).