Association of Chronic Toxoplasma gondii Infection with Pro-Inflamatory Cytokine Interleukin (IL)-12 Responses in Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients of Bangladesh

Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular protozoan parasite that causes toxoplasmosis in around one-third of the world population, particularly in pregnant women and immunocompromised individuals. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most severe global health challenges in the 21st century, and especially, type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) accounts for 90% of the diabetes cases diagnosed globally. In Bangladesh, the rate of T2DM is rising gradually with the improvement in living standards. The aim of this study is to find out the correlation between latent toxoplasmosis and T2DM, emphasizing the pro-inflammatory cytokine immunity. For this, 100 ( <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M1"> <a:mi>N</a:mi> <a:mo>=</a:mo> <a:mn>100</a:mn> </a:math> ) patients with T2DM and 100 ( <c:math xmlns:c="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" id="M2"> <c:mi>N</c:mi> <c:mo>=</c:mo> <c:mn>100</c:mn> </c:math> ) healthy controls were…