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Sexually communicable micro-organisms in human semen samples to be used for artificial insemination by donor.
  1. K H Tjiam,
  2. B Y van Heijst,
  3. A A Polak-Vogelzang,
  4. P H Rothbarth,
  5. T van Joost,
  6. E Stolz,
  7. M F Michel

    Abstract

    Two hundred and thirty seven semen samples from 10 institutes for artificial insemination by donor (AID) in Belgium and the Netherlands were tested for the presence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, herpes simplex virus, and cytomegalovirus. The incidence of these micro-organisms in the semen samples was 0%, 6.3%, 4.6%, 35.9%, 0%, and 0.4% respectively, and 47% of all samples were infected with one or more of the micro-organisms. As the ejaculates from which the samples had been taken had already been, or would be, used for AID, the exclusion of microbiological contamination with sexually communicable micro-organisms before insemination is indicated.

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