Effectiveness of semen washing to prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission and assist pregnancy in HIV-discordant couples: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 645-655.e2

  Zafer, Maryam ^a   Horvath, Hacsi ^a   Mmeje, Okeoma ^b   Van Der Poel, Sheryl ^c   Semprini, Augusto E ^d   Rutherford, George ^a   Brown, Joelle ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction; HIV prevention; safer conception; semen washing; serodiscordant

Indexed keywords

CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE; REVIEW; SEMEN WASHING; SEROCONVERSION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY RATE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RISK FACTORS; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM RETRIEVAL; SPERMATOZOA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84959300929     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.11.028     Document Type: Article

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