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Title
Assisted reproductive technologies and infectious diseases [electronic resource] : a guide to management / Andrea Borini, Maria Valeria Savasi, editors.
ISBN
9783319301129 (electronic book)
3319301128 (electronic book)
9783319301105
Published
Switzerland : Springer, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 207 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
RC200.1
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.95
610
Summary
This concise and practical book is the first of its kind to examine the use of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in relation to blood-borne infectious diseases: human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV). The book opens with a discussion of the impact of these viruses on male and female fertility, followed by specific chapters of each of them, including ART with HIV and HCV serodiscordant couples (where either the male or female is positive) and the detection and impact of HBV and HCV in human gametes and embryos. An important character on laboratory safety when performing ART with blood-borne viruses follows, and the book concludes with a discussion of ART in austere and resource-poor settings, where these infections are often dominant due to lack of treatment and access to vaccines. Written and edited by an international array of experts in reproductive medicine, Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Infectious Diseases explores questions, techniques, and related issues with the aim of effectively helping clinicians working with serodiscordant couples wishing to have children. .
Note
Includes index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 21, 2016).
The Impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) on Male and Female Fertility
HBV Virus in the Future
Reproductive Assistance in HIV Serodiscordant Couples where the Man is Positive
Reproductive Assistance in HIV Serodiscordant Couples where the Woman is Positive
The Presence of Hepatitis B and C Virus in Human Gametes and Embryos
Detection of Hepatitis C Virus in Semen of Infected Men and Reproductive Assistance in HCV Discordant Couples: An Overview
Laboratory Safety during Assisted Reproduction in Patients with Bloodborne Virus
Accessibility to Reproductive Assistance in Low-Income Countries.
