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Sperm washing and virus nucleic acid detection to reduce HIV and hepatitis C virus transmission in serodiscordant couples wishing to have children
1 Sept 2000
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BACKGROUND: Use of a motile spermatozoa isolation process was assessed for reducing the transmission of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) during artificial insemination in HIV-serodiscordant couples in which the man is infected. PATIENTS: Thirty-two HIV-1-infected clinically asymptomatic men, having a median CD4 cell count of 396 x 10(6)/l and a median blood plasma HIV-1 RNA content of 414 copies/ml. Of these, 16...
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