Toxoplasma Gondii Infection Among Pregnant Females in Lahore

Toxoplasma Gondii Infection Among Pregnant Females in LahoreThe present education was conducted on 190 with child(predicate) females attending Government, Lahore General Hospital and from a private setup named as Fatima Memorial Hospital coming for their antenatal checkups during first trimester. The detailed results are shown in the appendices. The summary of results is given in Tables 1- 20 and Figures 1- 6.Figure 1 shows the frequency of IgG in expectant females. Out of 190, IgG antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii were present in 60 (31.58%) females.Figure 2 shows the frequency of immunoglobulin M in pregnant females. Out of 190 pregnant females,immunoglobulin M antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii were present only in 9 (4.73%) females.Table 1 shows the compare of grow, gestational long time and gravida between IgG domineering and ban females. The entertain age of IgG positive multitude was 28.19 4.70 and the pie-eyed scrap of gravida and gestational age of IgG pos itive group was 3.26 1.84 and 9.28 3.14 respectively. Whereas the mean age of IgG negative group was 25.92 5.00 and the mean number of gravida and gestational age of IgG negative group was 2.63 1.85 and 9.36 3.20 respectively. There was no statistically portentous differences in mean gestational age between IgG positive and negative groups (p-value = 0.753). The mean age of IgG positive group was statistically significant and high as compared to IgG negative group (p-value = 0.005) as well as the mean gravida of IgG positive group was statistically significant and higher as compared to IgG negative group (p-value = 0.012).Table 2 shows the comparison of age, gestational age and gravida between immunoglobulin M positive and negative groups. The mean age IgM positive group was 29.44 5.20 and the mean number of gravida and gestational age of IgM positive group was 2.56 1.51 and 9.33 3.74 respectively. Whereas the mean age of IgM negative group was 26.49 4.97 and the mean nu mber of gravida and gestational age of IgM negative group was 2.84 1.88 and 9.33 3.16 respectively. The mean age of IgM positive group was generally higher as compared to IgM negative group and the mean gravida of IgM positive group was generally lower as compared to IgM negative group but these differences were not statistically significant (p-value = 0.074 and p-value = 0.806 respectively). in like manner there were no statistically significant differences in mean gestational age between IgM positive and negative groups (p-value = 0.792).Table 3 shows the IgG positivity in pregnant women according to family income and there was statistically significant association between IgG antibodies and family income (p-value