Abstract :
Testing of patients who are deemed to be at high risk for pathogens, e.g., pregnant women, their fetuses, and neonates, are important so that specific treatment can be initiated. This study included women of age 20- 35 (789) during 2008 and 2010, which tested for Toxoplasma gondii and cytomegalovirus seropositivity s. Among 789 women of childbearing age, 22.9%, 55% and 8.7% tested positive for T. gondii IgG and IgM, for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 respectively. Also 32.4%, 38.5, and 29.1% of patients were positive for cytomegalovirus (CMV) in the same periods receptivity. The decreasing prevalence of antibodies between 2008 and 2010 suggested that exposure to T. gondii and cytomegalovirus declined over this period in Iraq. Studies of newborn would be helpful to accurately estimate the incidence of congenital infection of toxoplasmosis and cytomegalovirus.
