Cytomegalovirus DNA in semen of men seeking fertility evaluation in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 295-296

  Diafouka, F ^a   Foulongne, V ^b   Hauhouot Attoungbre, M L ^a   Monnet, D ^a   Segondy, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MASTURBATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ADULT; COTE D'IVOIRE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; SEMEN;

EID: 34147170403     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0271-y     Document Type: Article

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