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Infertility and AIDS

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AIDS and Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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Until April 1985, when a recipient of donor semen presented with symptomless lymphadenopathy at the Westmead Hospital in Sydney, AIDS and infertility were regarded as separate fields in the medical and scientific world. Subsequently 4 out of 8 women receiving semen from an infected donor were found to have antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This was the first report of HIV transmission within a fertility clinic.(1)

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  1. Dr J. P. P. Tyler
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  2. Dr J. A. Crittenden
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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield, S5 7AU, UK

    Frank Sharp MD, FRCOG

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BG, UK

    Christopher Neville Hudson FRCS, FRCOG (Physician Accoucheur) (Physician Accoucheur)

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Tyler, J.P.P., Crittenden, J.A. (1988). Infertility and AIDS. In: Sharp, F., Hudson, C.N. (eds) AIDS and Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3150-2_44

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