The College of Applied Sciences, Samarra University discussed a master dissertation on Toxoplasma gondii as a risk factor for complications of type 2 diabetes by postgraduate student, Mr. Abdullah Jassim Hamad.

The dissertation aimed at estimating the risks of T2DM due to T. gondii infection by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies examining seroprevalence rates of T. gondii in people with T2DM compared to those who do not suffer from it.

The dissertation reviewed that there was a significant increase in the level of IgG in women infected with the Toxoplasma gondii parasite compared to healthy women, and another in diabetic women compared to non-infected women and a significant increase in women infected with the parasite with diabetes compared to healthy women, and also significantly compared to women infected with diabetes only, as well as a non-significant increase in the level of RBS in women infected with the parasite compared to healthy women, it is also insignificant in women with diabetes compared to those who are not infected and the decrease in women infected with the parasite with diabetes is insignificant compared to healthy women.