Quantitative and qualitative anomalies of sperm in African individuals infected with HIV
Gresenguet, G.; Belec, L.; Hervé, V.M.; Massanga, M.; Martin, P.M.
Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique 85(3): 205-207
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-9085 PMID: 1422269 Document Number: 392827
Semen from 16 HIV1-infected african individuals (12 at stage II/CDC; 4 with pre-AIDS) has been analyzed both quantitatively (volume; number of spermatozoa) and qualitatively (motility). 12 healthy HIV1-seronegative individuals were recruited as controls. The HIV1-infected patients showed generally abnormalities of the semen: oligospermia (7 cases), azoospermia (3 cases), or asthenospermia (10 cases). These abnormalities were more marked in patients at advanced stages of the HIV infection. In comparison with the control group, the HIV1-infected individuals had more frequently a past history of sexually transmitted diseases. These abnormalities in the composition of the semen in HIV1-infected african individuals could affect the fertility of these men; that could indirectly restrict the risk of congenitally HIV contaminated child.