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HIV/AIDS Assisted Reproduction
PCR detects low HIV-1 RNA in semen preparations used for assisted reproduction
September 19th, 2006
PCR detects low levels of HIV-1 RNA in semen preparations used for assisted reproduction techniques on the day of sampling. In a recently published report, investigators in Belgium conducted laboratory-based research in a university hospital to "develop a method for same-day validation of processed, semen in the setting of assisted reproductive techniques (ART) with patients who are seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus, type 1 (HIV-1)." Study subjects included HIV-1 seronegative and seropositive volunteers. The study included evaluation "of the sensitivity of a reverse-transcriptase (RT)-nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in HIV-1...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2006-09-19)
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