Are alterations in melatonin and inflammatory cytokine serum levels linked with recurrent abortion in pregnant women with acute toxoplasmosis: The interacted nexus.

Objective: To investigate melatonin serum level and inflammatory biomarkers in acute toxoplasmosis in pregnant women with recurrent abortions.

Methods: The case-control study was conducted at the Department of Parasitology, together with the Department of Obstetrics, Al-Yarmouk teaching hospital, Baghdad Iraq, from September 2018 until February 2019. Included were 60 pregnant women in first trimester with acute toxoplasmosis (n=28) or without toxoplasmosis (n=32) and with the history of recurrent abortions with a control group of healthy pregnant women (n=25).