title: [Survey of infection of Toxoplasma gondii in infertile couples in Suzhou countryside].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the level of anti-Toxoplasma antibody in serum of infertile couples to explore the relationship between toxoplasma infection and infertility.
  
  
  METHODS
  Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was applied to detect the anti-Toxoplasma antibody, antisperm antibody (AsAb) and anticardiolipin antibody (ACA) in serum of 178 couples with infertility and 190 couples who had normal pregnant history.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The positive result of Toxoplasma infection in the infertile couples was significantly higher than that in fertile couples which was 34.83% vs 12.11% (chi 2 = 26.72, P < 0.01) with the odds ratio 3.88. The positive result of serum AsAb in the Toxoplasma infected group was significantly higher than that in the no Toxoplasma infected group (32.50% vs 15.94%, chi 2 = 10.76, P < 0.01) with the odds ratio 2.54.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Toxoplasma infection was related to infertility. The Toxoplasma infection and was posibly related to the antisperm antibodies which can be involved in the pathogenisis of infertility.
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Provincial Institute of Parasitic Disease, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214064, China.
authors.forename: Yong-Hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yong-Juan
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Rui-Bing
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: La-Mei
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Qing-Feng
authors.initials: QF
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Ya-Fang
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Xing-Feng
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Pei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D014122:Toxoplasma; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*