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This study was carried out at Baghdad hospital in, for the period from November 2018 to July 2019. The study included (151) aborted obese women whose ages ranged between (18–41) years with positive Toxoplasma gondii infection. They were divided into two groups according to the body mass index (BMI) value: Group 1: consisted of 61 women with BMI less than 30, Group 2: consisted of (90) women with BMI greater than 30. The control group included (52) healthy volunteer women aged 19–41 years with negative Toxoplasma for comparison of the results. The case and controls were matched for age and gender. Serum samples were tested for fasting blood sugar, insulin, IgG, and IgM of Toxoplasma, Leptin, and Adiponectin as well as insulin resistance index. The results showed that the age factor was not significant between group 1 and group 2 when compared with the healthy group, and there was no significant change between group 2 comparing to group1. In this study, the result of BMI showed substantial increase in group 1, while highly marked increase in group 2 when both groups were compared with the control group. Finally, the levels of Toxoplasma IgG and IgM antibodies showed a highly significant increase in the two patient groups in comparison with the control group. An increase in mean value of leptin concentration was noticeable in group 1 and group 2 with a highly significant difference when compared with the control group. No significant difference was found in the levels of fasting blood glucose in Group 1 and Group 2 compared to the control group. Also, a significant difference in HOMA-IR and QUICK- IR was observed in the patient groups once associated control group. Data revealed a considerable difference with the glucose/insulin ratio in group 1, but a highly significant was noticed in group 2 when compared with the control group. HOMA-AD results showed a significant difference in Group 1 and a highly significant decrease in Group 2.

A total of (200) whole blood, nasal and throat swab samples were collected from patients infected with the Coronavirus who were recumbent in Al-Nouman and Al-yarmook hospitals from 1st January to 1st November 2021. Demographic results showed that the highest infection rate was among the age group (20–40) years followed by (41–60) years, with no significant difference (p > 0.05). While the distribution of infection according to gender revealed that the females were higher 58 (58%) than males 42 (42%). The distribution of the severity of infection among patients showed that the mild infection was among the age group (20–40) years 38(66.7%), the moderate infection was among the age group (41–60) years 20(55%), but the severe infection was among the age group (61–80) years 16(44.4%). While the females were shown to be more infected among patients with mild and moderate infections with Coronavirus. The mild symptomatic infections 38(76%) were highest among other cases. Two mutated strains, JINZA1 and JINZA2, belonging to Iraqi patients who died after contracting Coronavirus, were identified and registered in NCBI at the Gene Bank USA