Detection of human herpesviruses (HHVs) in semen of human male infertile patients

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 457-462

  Chen, Mo ^a,b   Cai, Li Yi ^a,b   Kanno, Naoko ^a   Kato, Takako ^a   Lu, Jinxing ^c   Jin, Fan ^d   Wang, Honghua ^b   Sekita, Masayo ^a   Higuchi, Masashi ^a   Yoshida, Saishu ^a   Yako, Hideji ^a   Ueharu, Hiroki ^a   Izumi, Shun Ichiro ^e   Kato, Yukio ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b The Affiliated Wuxi Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital of Nanjing Medical University   (China)

^c THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^e TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human; Human herpesvirus (HHV); Male infertility; Spermatogenesis; Thymidine kinase

Indexed keywords

THYMIDINE KINASE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CHINA; DNA, VIRAL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SPERMATOGENESIS; THYMIDINE KINASE; VIRAL PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880573017     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2013-023     Document Type: Article

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