Overview
A unique review of the complex interaction of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and blood-borne infectious diseases
Discusses the effects of HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C on fertility and infertility treatment strategies
Written and edited by international experts in ART and reproductive medicine
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Andrea Borini, MD
Scientific Director
9.baby, Center for Fertility and Family Health
Bologna, Italy
Valeria Savasi, MD, PhD
Chief of Reproductive Unit
Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
Hospital “L. Sacco”
University of Milan
Milan, Italy
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Infectious Diseases
Book Subtitle: A Guide to Management
Editors: Andrea Borini, Maria Valeria Savasi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30112-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-30110-5Published: 20 July 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-30112-9Published: 11 July 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 207
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Reproductive Medicine, Infectious Diseases