Study the prevalence of ACL, APL, CMV, HSV, rubella and toxoplasma gondii in aborted women in Baghdad

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A total of 210 serum samples from women in Baghdad with history of one or more unexplained abortion were screened for the presence IgM and IgG antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii, Cytomegalovirus, Herpes simplex virus II, Rubella virus, anticardiolipin (ACL) and antiphosphatidylserine(APS) by using Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

out of 210 aborted women in Baghdad a total of 44 (21 %) were positive for IgM CMV Toxoplasma IgM positive were 32 (15.23 %), Rubella IgM positive were 15 (7.14 %) and 10 (4.76 %) were positive for HSV II IgM also 12(5.7 %) were positive ACL IgG antibodies and 7(3,3 %) were positive for APS IgG and 7 aborted women showed mixed infection with CMV IgM antibodies, 5 were with Toxoplasma IgM, two with Rubella IgM Moreover; the rate of one miscarriage in abortive women was 71.6 % (86 / 120 ) higher than two and three miscarriages25% (30 / 120 ), 3.4 % ( 4 / 120 ) respectively with significant difference (P < 0.05) .Also The results pointed out that the seropositivity rate for CMV IgM, T.

gondii IgM, Rubella IgM, HSV II IgM, ACL IgG and APS IgG were higher in first trimester abortion when compared with second and third trimesters abortion with highly significant difference (P < 0.05).