Association between toxoplasmosis and COVID-19 infection: A cross-sectional study
Background: COVID-19 is a respiratory disease pandemic and a major global health problem that can cause acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Previous studies have shown an inverse link between toxoplasmosis and COVID-19. This study aimed to evaluate the association between COVID-19 and toxopl...
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| author | Ali Ehsan Shahbazi Nastaran Barati Eissa Soleymani Pegah Khandan Del Abolfazl Khandan Del Nemat Azizi Behjat ranjouri Mehran Bakhtiari Seyedmousa Motavallihaghi |
| author_facet | Ali Ehsan Shahbazi Nastaran Barati Eissa Soleymani Pegah Khandan Del Abolfazl Khandan Del Nemat Azizi Behjat ranjouri Mehran Bakhtiari Seyedmousa Motavallihaghi |
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| description | Background: COVID-19 is a respiratory disease pandemic and a major global health problem that can cause acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Previous studies have shown an inverse link between toxoplasmosis and COVID-19. This study aimed to evaluate the association between COVID-19 and toxoplasmosis infection.
Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, samples were taken from 360 patients, 50% of whom were men and 50% were women. Of the patients, 180 were determined to be COVID-19-positive by the ELISA kit, and 180 were in the control group. Some demographic characteristics, such as sex, age range, and occupation, were also recorded.
Results: This study was conducted on 180 COVID-19-positive patients, of whom 26.7% were in the 16-30-year age group, 25.1% were self-employed, and 31.7% had anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies. Among the 180 control patients, 21.1% had antibodies for T. gondii. Of the 57 patients who were co-infected with both COVID-19 and toxoplasmosis, men had higher infection rates (63.2%) than women (36.8%). There was a significant relationship between co-infections with COVID-19 and toxoplasmosis with occupation, but not with age.
Conclusion: The study found that people with toxoplasmosis infection have a 1.73 times higher risk of contracting COVID-19. The findings suggest that infectious agents could be a predisposing factor, possibly due to changes in cytokine levels. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9a394f5b70e44004afff681efbdf8cbf2024-04-06T09:52:07ZengGolestan University of Medical SciencesMedical Laboratory Journal2538-44492023-11-011761012Association between toxoplasmosis and COVID-19 infection: A cross-sectional studyAli Ehsan Shahbazi0Nastaran Barati1Eissa Soleymani2Pegah Khandan Del3Abolfazl Khandan Del4Nemat Azizi5Behjat ranjouri6Mehran Bakhtiari7Seyedmousa Motavallihaghi8 School of Nursing and Midwifery, Saveh University of Medical Sciences, Saveh, Iran Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran Department of Microbiology, Gorgan Branch, Islamic AzadUniversity, Gorgan, Iran Department of Microbiology, 5th Azar Hospital, Golestan University of Hospital, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran School of Nursing and Midwifery, Saveh University of Medical Sciences, Saveh, Iran School of Nursing and Midwifery, Saveh University of Medical Sciences, Saveh, Iran Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran Background: COVID-19 is a respiratory disease pandemic and a major global health problem that can cause acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Previous studies have shown an inverse link between toxoplasmosis and COVID-19. This study aimed to evaluate the association between COVID-19 and toxoplasmosis infection. Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, samples were taken from 360 patients, 50% of whom were men and 50% were women. Of the patients, 180 were determined to be COVID-19-positive by the ELISA kit, and 180 were in the control group. Some demographic characteristics, such as sex, age range, and occupation, were also recorded. Results: This study was conducted on 180 COVID-19-positive patients, of whom 26.7% were in the 16-30-year age group, 25.1% were self-employed, and 31.7% had anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies. Among the 180 control patients, 21.1% had antibodies for T. gondii. Of the 57 patients who were co-infected with both COVID-19 and toxoplasmosis, men had higher infection rates (63.2%) than women (36.8%). There was a significant relationship between co-infections with COVID-19 and toxoplasmosis with occupation, but not with age. Conclusion: The study found that people with toxoplasmosis infection have a 1.73 times higher risk of contracting COVID-19. The findings suggest that infectious agents could be a predisposing factor, possibly due to changes in cytokine levels.http://mlj.goums.ac.ir/article-1-1575-en.pdftoxoplasmosisinfectionscovid-19cross-sectional studies |
| spellingShingle | Ali Ehsan Shahbazi Nastaran Barati Eissa Soleymani Pegah Khandan Del Abolfazl Khandan Del Nemat Azizi Behjat ranjouri Mehran Bakhtiari Seyedmousa Motavallihaghi Association between toxoplasmosis and COVID-19 infection: A cross-sectional study Medical Laboratory Journal toxoplasmosis infections covid-19 cross-sectional studies |
| title | Association between toxoplasmosis and COVID-19 infection: A cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Association between toxoplasmosis and COVID-19 infection: A cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Association between toxoplasmosis and COVID-19 infection: A cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association between toxoplasmosis and COVID-19 infection: A cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Association between toxoplasmosis and COVID-19 infection: A cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | association between toxoplasmosis and covid 19 infection a cross sectional study |
| topic | toxoplasmosis infections covid-19 cross-sectional studies |
| url | http://mlj.goums.ac.ir/article-1-1575-en.pdf |
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