Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

HPV Found in Sperm

HPV has been found in the sperm of infected men. This can harm a man’s ability to have children. This is particularly true in those who have both HPV (human papillomavirus), which is the most common sexually transmitted viral disease (STD), and Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct), which is the most common bacterial STD.
The German and Italian researchers who conducted the study wrote that, “A high incidence of HPV infection has been reported in sperm from sexually active men… and from infertile patients.” In addition, they wrote that sperm in HPV and Ct infected men did not move or “swim” like healthy sperm.

Read more:
Study: HPV Found in Sperm; polyDNA Recommends Gene-Eden-VIR Against the Latent HPV

























Source: Digital Journal
Image credits: Nuffield health


Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine
Twitter: LaboratoryEQAS

No comments:

Follow "Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine " on:


https://www.facebook.com/LaboratoryEQAS
https://twitter.com/LaboratoryEQAS
https://plus.google.com/100408138227362094524/posts
http://www.pinterest.com/labmed/medical-laboratory-and-biomedical-science/
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jwahlstedt
http://clinical-laboratory.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default