Chlamydia trachomatis infection in male partners of infertile couples: Incidence and sperm function

Andrologia

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 155-161

  Vigil, P ^a   Morales, P ^b   Tapia, A ^a   Riquelme, R ^a   Salgado, A M ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; Human spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BIOASSAY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MARRIAGE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ANIMAL; CHILE; HAMSTER; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; CHILE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HAMSTERS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPERMATOZOA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; HUMANS;

EID: 0036016576     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.2002.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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