Abstract
The serological examination for specific antibodies to T. gondiiincluded 335 patients who were confirmed by the specialist doctor for a mental and neurological disease (Depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, addiction) who were attending Al-Diwaniyah Teaching Hospital, the outpatient clinics and the nursing home in Al-Diwaniyah Governorate for the period from the beginning of the month February until the end of June 2022. The information data on age and gender was recorded, and the control group included 50 people with toxoplasmosis and no history of any of the psychiatric and neurological diseases included in the current study, to study the effect of infection with the parasite T. gondii in causing mental and neurological diseases. The results of the examination showed that they were infected with toxoplasmosis with a total infection rate of 27.26%, where the highest percentage of infection was recorded in schizophrenia patients by 32%, then depression by 30%, then addiction by 25.17%, and the lowest percentage of infection in patients with anxiety with an infection rate of 20%.
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