Hepatitis B virus infection increases the incidence of immune infertility in males

To investigate the relationship between hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and the incidence of male immune infertility. Based on the levels of serum HBsAg, 3 124 infertile men were classified into an HBV-positive and an HBV-negative group and, according to the results of IBT tests, those with immune...

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Published inZhonghua nan ke xue Vol. 23; no. 5; p. 431
Main Authors Bei, Hua-Feng, Wei, Ren-Xiong, Cao, Xiao-Dan, Zhang, Xiao-Xia, Zhou, Jun
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China 01.05.2017
Subjects
Hepatitis B - complications
Hepatitis B - immunology
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens - analysis
Hepatitis B virus - immunology
Humans
Incidence
Infertility, Male - epidemiology
Infertility, Male - virology
Male
Semen
Semen Analysis
Sperm Count
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Summary:To investigate the relationship between hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and the incidence of male immune infertility. Based on the levels of serum HBsAg, 3 124 infertile men were classified into an HBV-positive and an HBV-negative group and, according to the results of IBT tests, those with immune infertility were further divided into an HBV-positive and an HBV-negative group. Statistical analyses were made on the incidence rate of immune infertility and seminal parameters in the immune infertility patients of the HBV-positive and HBV-negative groups, the correlation of the number of HBV DNA copies in the serum with that in the seminal plasma of the HBV-positive patients, the association of the numbers of HBV DNA copies in the serum and seminal plasma with semen parameters, and the relationship of the number of HBV DNA copies in the seminal plasma with the incidence of immune infertility. Sperm concentration and the percentage of progressively motile sperm (PMS) were measured by computer-aided sperm analysi
ISSN:1009-3591