Some hormonal assay in toxoplasma infected university students
Other Title(s)
بعض الاختبارات الهرمونية في طلاب الجامعة المصابين بالمقوسة الكوندية
Joint Authors
Ahmad, Fidan Fikrat
Ismail, Aishah Najm al-Din
Ubayd, Hiru Muhammad
Source
Kirkuk University Journal-Scientific Studies
Issue
Vol. 11, Issue 3 (30 Sep. 2016), pp.66-80, 15 p.
Publisher
Kirkuk University College of Science
Publication Date
2016-09-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
15
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background: Toxoplsma is a parasite with a global distribution that infect both human and animal, most of human toxoplasmosis is chronic infection.
Chronic toxoplasmosis can affect human behavioral and hormonal status.
Objective: In this study the effect of toxoplasmosis on the level of certain hormones (total testosterone, estradiol (E2), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) have been investigated.
Methods: One hundred and ninety serum samples from Kirkuk university students were assayed for Toxoplasma antibody (IgM,IgG), among them 40 (21.1%) samples were positive The serum of positive samples along with control group were assayed for some hormonal levels by using ELIS technique.
Results: From the obtained results after conducting statistical analysis, it has been found that there is a significant differences in testosterone and estradiol concentration in both infected males and females comparing with the uninfected control cohort.
The concentration range of testosterone were (12.8-15.5, 1.6-3.1 ng/ml) for each of infected male and female respectively which was significantly higher than the control (6.9-8.0,0.39-o.58 ng/ml) respectively for male and female.
The estradiol concentration range in infected cohort were (34.3-39.6, 184.3-197.0 pg/ml) for male and female respectively, comparing with the control (22.2-26.9, pg/ml) for male and female respectively.
No significant differences were appeared between the FSH concentrations in infected and control cohort in both male and female.
The infected males were a little taller and more depressed than uninfected one.
Conclusions: From the current study we concluded that chronic toxoplasmosis can affect some hormonal concentration in human blood which may change or influence human behavior.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ubayd, Hiru Muhammad& Ahmad, Fidan Fikrat& Ismail, Aishah Najm al-Din. 2016. Some hormonal assay in toxoplasma infected university students. Kirkuk University Journal-Scientific Studies،Vol. 11, no. 3, pp.66-80.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ubayd, Hiru Muhammad…[et al.]. Some hormonal assay in toxoplasma infected university students. Kirkuk University Journal-Scientific Studies Vol. 11, no. 3 (Sep. 2016), pp.66-80.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Ubayd, Hiru Muhammad& Ahmad, Fidan Fikrat& Ismail, Aishah Najm al-Din. Some hormonal assay in toxoplasma infected university students. Kirkuk University Journal-Scientific Studies. 2016. Vol. 11, no. 3, pp.66-80.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-945285
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
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Record ID
BIM-945285