Development and evaluation of a qualitative reverse-transcriptase nested polymerase chain reaction protocol for same-day viral validation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 ribonucleic acid in processed semen

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-128

  Lesage, Benoît ^a   Vannin, Anne Sophie ^a   Emiliani, Serena ^a   Debaisieux, Laurent ^b   Englert, Yvon ^a   Liesnard, Corinne ^b  

^a Fertility Clinic   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

ART; HIV 1; PCR inhibition; RNA detection; Sperm washing

Indexed keywords

RNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEDIMENTATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS LOAD;

CELLS, CULTURED; HIV; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEMEN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 33745504233     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.12.021     Document Type: Article

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