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Cytomegalovirus And Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Semen Tested During the COVID-19 Emergency Era | European Society of Medicine, Volume 12, August 2024

ABSTRACT Men seeking surrogacy in the United States must undergo Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-mandated infectious disease screening within seven days of the sperm collected for fertility treatments.  Travel bans imposed during the COVID19 pandemic (April 1, 2020 to March 7, 2022) did not deter 156 men from 12 countries from pursuing fatherhood by traveling…

Cytomegalovirus and human immunodeficiency virus in semen of homosexual men

Objective: To assess the accuracy of serology to predict the presence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in semen of homosexual men without and with HIV coinfection. Results: Cytomegalovirus was detected by electron microscopy in 3 of 10 specimens examined. Forty-six (89%) of 52 HIV-infected men were seropositive for CMV by combined assay for IgG/IgM; two more (48…