High prevalence of hepatitis E virus in semen of infertile male and causes testis damage

Gut. 2018 Jun;67(6):1199-1201. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-314884. Epub 2017 Aug 31.

Authors

Fen Huang^#¹, Feiyan Long^#¹, Wenhai Yu^#², Jianwen Situ^#¹, Lijie Fu^#³, Zhanlong He², Hao Dong³, Chenchen Yang¹, Yunlong Li¹, Fan Yang¹, Daqiao Wei¹

Affiliations

¹ Medical School, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China.
² Laboratory Animal Center, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Kunming, China.
³ Department of Urology Surgery, Kunming Medical University First Affiliated Hospital, Kunming, China.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 28860349
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-314884

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Keywords: Hepatitis E virus; infertile male; replication sites; sperm quality; testis damage.

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MeSH terms

Hepatitis E virus
Humans
Infertility, Male
Male
Prevalence
Semen*
Testis*