Detection and characterization of hepatitis C virus RNA in seminal plasma and spermatozoon fractions of semen from patients attempting medically assisted conception

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 3252-3255

  Bourlet, Thomas ^a   Levy, Rachel ^a   Maertens, Anne ^a   Tardy, Jean Claude ^a   Grattard, Florence ^a   Cordonier, Hélène ^a   Laurent, Jean Louis ^a   Guerin, Jean François ^a   Pozzetto, Bruno ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; INFERTILITY THERAPY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; SPERM; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEMEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOZOA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036708316     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.9.3252-3255.2002     Document Type: Article

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