Publications by authors named "Johan Beert"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to establish a sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI) cutoff of 26% associated with clinical pregnancies during intra-uterine insemination (IUI) and evaluate the impact of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) on sperm DNA damage.
- In a multi-center study with 161 infertile couples undergoing 209 IUI cycles, results showed that couples with a male DFI above 26% experienced significantly lower clinical pregnancy rates compared to those below this threshold (OR 0.0326).
- HPV was present in 14.8% of sperm samples and was linked to higher DFI levels (29.8% vs. 20.9% for HPV
Objective: To study the influence of human papillomavirus (HPV) virions present in different sperm fractions of male partners of women undergoing IUI on fertility outcome.
Design: Prospective noninterventional multicenter study.
Setting: Inpatient hospital fertility centers.
Persistent high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is strongly associated with development of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia or cancer (CIN3+). In single type infections, serial type-specific viral-load measurements predict the natural history of the infection. In infections with multiple HPV-types, the individual type-specific viral-load profile could distinguish progressing HPV-infections from regressing infections.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Sexually transmitted infections are a major cause of infertility. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is one of the most common viral infections of the female genital tract. Only a limited number of studies have investigated the influence of HPV on fertility and its impact remains controversial.
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