Latif Omer Mohammed
University of Sulaimania, Iraq
Title: Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among schizophrenic patients in Sulaimania city, the correlation between toxoplasmosis and schizophrenic
Biography
Biography: Latif Omer Mohammed
Abstract
The relationship between toxoplasmosis and schizophrenia in schizophrenic patients in Sulaimania was studied to demonstrate psychiatric manifestation in toxoplasmosis patients. Toxoplasma gondii is intracellular protozoan that cause of toxoplasmosis, both genders are infected by parasite. The most clinical correlations of toxoplasmosis is risking of CNS infection. Early exposure to several infections agents has been associated with the later development of schizophrenia. Two laboratory methods were proceeding in this study; sero-diagnostic tests (LAT and ELISA) were used. The study revealed that 38 (84%) of cases were positive for anti-Toxoplasma and seven (16%) of cases were negative for anti-Toxoplasma antibodies by LAT whereas it was 28 (62%) examined by ELISA technique showed seropositive results (IgG) and 17 (38%) showed seronegative results. Such differences were significant (P≤0.01) in both test between schizophrenic patients and control (Chi-square). While in control cases, 14 (35%) cases were positive for anti-toxoplasma antibody by LAT and 13 (33%) were positive by ELISA- IgG.