TITLE:

Screening of potential semen donors for sexual transmitted diseases.

AUTHORS:

Olatunbosun OA; Chizen DR; Pierson RA

AUTHOR AFFILIATION:

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Saskatchewan, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Canada.

SOURCE:

West Afr J Med 1998 Jan-Mar;17(1):19-24

CITATION IDS:

PMID: 9643155 UI: 98307125

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The risk of infection with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) is of great concern to couples undergoing therapeutic donor insemination. GOAL OF STUDY: We sought to determine the prevalence of STDs in potential semen donors and assess the rate of acquisition of new infection during the follow-up period. STUDY DESIGN: 29 potential semen donors were screened for common STDs. RESULTS: The study population had a prevalence of the following STDs: 27.5% ureaplasma, 13.8% mycoplasma, 6.9% cytomegalovirus 6.9% group B streptococcus, and 3.4% human papillomavirus infection. No participant tested positive for gonoccoccal or HIV infection. Over all, evidence of STD was present in 10 of 29 (34.5%) prospective donors. A follow-up infection rate of 22.2% (6 of 27 enrolled donors) was found and 3 (11.1%) of these were excluded from semen donation. CONCLUSION: A high prevalence of sexually transmissible infections is present in potential semen donors. New infections are also common during the follow-up period.

MAIN MESH HEADINGS:

*Insemination, Artificial *Mass Screening Sexually Transmitted Diseases/*microbiology Sexually Transmitted Diseases/*prevention & control Tissue Donors/*statistics & numerical data

ADDITIONAL MESH HEADINGS:

Adult Follow-Up Studies Human Male Mass Screening/methods Prevalence Risk Factors Sperm Banks 1998/06 1998/27 02:17

PUBLICATION TYPES:

JOURNAL ARTICLE

LANGUAGES:

Eng