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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 17.
Published in final edited form as: Fertil Steril. 2007 Apr 11;87(5):1087–1097. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.08.109

Table 2. Pathogen prevalence and amount in semen samples.

Pathogen LCSa Non-LCSb Total
Any Pathogen
 Prevalencec 25/132 (18.9) 20/109 (18.3) 45/241 (18.7)
HPV
 Prevalence 3/70 (4.3) 5/109 (4.6) 8/179 (4.5)
C. trachomatis
 Prevalence 3/132 (2.3) 3/108 (2.8) 6/240 (2.5)
 Ranged 10,000-460,000 8,300-590,000 8,300-590,000
CMV
 Prevalence 14/132 (10.6) 7/109 (6.4) 21/241 (8.7)
 Range 110-580,000 3,200-12,000,000 110-12,000,000
HSV-1/2
 Prevalence 4/132 (3.0) 5/109 (4.6) 9/241 (3.7)
 Range 510-15,000 300-22,000 300-22,000
HHV-6
 Prevalence 5/132 (3.8) 4/109 (3.7) 9/241 (3.7)
 Range 250-81,000,000 4,400-1,500,000 250-81,000,000
EBV
 Prevalence 1/132 (0.8) 0/108 (0) 1/240 (0.4)
 Range 210 ---------- 210
HBV
 Prevalence 0/132 (0) 0/109 (0) 0/241 (0)
a

Leukocytospermic (≥106 PMN/mL)

b

Non-leukocytospermic

c

number of positive samples/total number (percentage) of analyzed samples

d

DNA copy number per ejaculate

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