Laboratory safety during assisted reproduction in patients with blood-borne viruses

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1433-1438

  Gilling Smith, Carole ^a   Emiliani, Serena ^b   Almeida, Paula ^a   Liesnard, Corinne ^b   Englert, Yvon ^b  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; Hepatitis; HIV; Reproduction; Safety

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CLEANING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EUROPE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SAMPLING; SCREENING TEST; SPERM; STANDARDIZATION; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BLACK BEETLE VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 20744451923     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh828     Document Type: Article

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