Skip to main content

Table 2 Presence of β-herpesviruses in human semen

From: Seminal shedding of human herpesviruses

Study

HCMV

HHV-6A/B

HHV-7

Samples from

Aynaud et al. 2002 [9]

6.3% (n = 111)

  

Male partners of females with genital HPV-lesions France

Bantel-Schaal et al. 1993 [29]

0% (n = 63)

  

FCA Germany

Bezold et al. 2001 [11]

3.6% (n = 252)

4.0% (n = 252)

0.4% (n = 252)

FCA Germany

Bezold et al. 2007 [12]

8.7% (n = 241)

3.7% (n = 241)

 

FCA Massachusetts

Bresson et al. 2003 [30]

5.3% (n = 197)

  

Sperm donors France

Chen et al. 2013 [14]

21.6% (n = 153)

2.0% (n = 153)

 

FCA China

Diafouka et al. 2007 [31]

14.3% (n = 63)

  

FCA Ivory Coast

Eggert-Kruse et al. 2009 [32]

6.5% (n = 170)

  

Subfertile patients Germany

Erles et al. 2001 [8]

A) 14.3% (n = 14)

  

A) Normal sperm quality (SQ) B) Abnormal SQ Germany

B) 0% (n = 43)

Handsfield et al. 1985 [33]

A) 22% (n = 18)

  

A) HCMV-positive partner B) HCMV-negative partner USA

B) 0% (n = 42)

Howard et al. 1997 [16]

A) 83.3% (n = 24)

  

A) HIV-infected men B) Healthy sperm donors UK

B) 3.5% (n = 115)

Kapranos et al. 2003 [17]

7.1% (n = 113)

  

FCA Greece

Kaspersen et al. 2012 [18]

2.7% (n = 198)

13.5% (n = 198)

4.2% (n = 198)

Sperm donors Denmark

Lang and Kummer 1975 [34]

A) 9.4% (n = 32)

  

A) University students/personnel B) Patients with venereal infections C) FCA North Carolina

B) 10% (n = 10)

C) 1.1% (n = 185)

Levy et al. 1997 [35]

2.85% (n = 70)

  

Only CMV-IgG positive men France

Lisco et al. 2012 [20]

A) 3.5% (n = 28)

A) 6% (n = 28)

A) 6% (n = 28)

Semen plasma from A) HIV-negative men B) HIV-positive men Italy

B) 70% (n = 50)

B) 2% (n = 50)

B) 12% (n = 50)

Mansat et al. 1997 [36]

5.1% (n = 97)

  

Sperm donors France

McGowan et al. 1983 [21]

A) 2.4% (n = 170)

  

A) FCA B) Healthy students Australia

B) 2.5% (n = 40)

Michou et al. 2012 [22]

43% (n = 109)

8.2% (n = 109)

3.6% (n = 109)

Men in couples undergoing IVF treatment Spain

Naumenko et al. 2011 [37]

A) 11% (n = 91)

  

A) Infertile men B) Fertile men Russia

B) 15% (n = 47)

Neofytou et al. 2009 [23]

56.9% (n = 172)

66.8% (n = 172)

0% (n = 172)

FCA Greece

Rinaldo et al. 1992 [24]

A) 33% (n = 58)

  

A) HIV-pos. homosexuals B) HIV-neg. homosexuals USA

B) 17% (n = 58)

Shen et al. 1994 [38]

32.7% (n = 217)

  

FCA China

Sherertz et al. 1984 [39]

29.4% (n = 17)

  

Homosexuals USA

Yang et al. 1995 [40]

33.5% (n = 248)

  

FCA Taiwan