Recommendations for reducing the risk of viral transmission during fertility treatment with the use of autologous gametes: a committee opinion.
Fertil Steril 2023;
120:794-801. [PMID:
37656091 DOI:
10.1016/j.fertnstert.2023.06.037]
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Abstract
Sexually transmitted infections are of major concern to reproductive specialists. Heading the list are human immunodeficiency virus types 1 and 2 and hepatitis B and C viruses. These pathogens, which may cause incurable chronic infections, can be transmitted through assisted reproductive technologies and from infected mothers to the fetus or newborn. This document replaces the document of the same name, last published in 2020.
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