Borini / Savasi Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Infectious Diseases

A Guide to Management
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-30112-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 207 Seiten, eBook

This concise and practical book is the first of its kind to examine the use of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in relation to blood-borne infectious diseases: human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV). The book opens with a discussion of the impact of these viruses on male and female fertility, followed by specific chapters of each of them, including ART with HIV and HCV serodiscordant couples (where either the male or female is positive) and the detection and impact of HBV and HCV in human gametes and embryos. An important character on laboratory safety when performing ART with blood-borne viruses follows, and the book concludes with a discussion of ART in austere and resource-poor settings, where these infections are often dominant due to lack of treatment and access to vaccines. Written and edited by an international array of experts in reproductive medicine,  Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Infectious Diseases  explores questions, techniques, and related issues with the aim of effectively helping clinicians working with serodiscordant couples wishing to have children.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Borini, Andrea

Savasi, Maria Valeria

Savasi, Valeria

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Impact of Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) and Hepatitis C Virus
(HCV) on Male and Female Fertility.- HBV Virus in the
Future.- Reproductive
Assistance in HIV Serodiscordant Couples where the Man is Positive.- Reproductive
Assistance in HIV Serodiscordant Couples where the Woman is Positive.- The Presence of
Hepatitis B and C Virus in Human Gametes and Embryos.- Detection of
Hepatitis C Virus in Semen of Infected Men and Reproductive Assistance in HCV
Discordant Couples: An Overview.- Laboratory Safety
during Assisted Reproduction in Patients with Bloodborne Virus.- Accessibility to
Reproductive Assistance in Low-Income Countries.

Über Autor(innen)

Andrea Borini, MDScientific Director9.baby, Center for Fertility and Family HealthBologna, ItalyValeria Savasi, MD, PhDChief of Reproductive UnitUnit of Obstetrics and GynecologyDepartment of Biomedical and Clinical SciencesHospital “L. Sacco”University of MilanMilan, Italy