Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus in an infertile population.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody in infertility.


METHODS
Prospective cross-sectional blind study.


METHODS
An infertility clinic in Barcelona.


METHODS
Three hundred thirty-five consecutive patients (308 infertile women and 27 spontaneous recurrent aborters) were seen between January 1989 and May 1990.


METHODS
Human immunodeficiency virus serostatus.


RESULTS
The rate of seropositivity in the group of patients studied was 0.3% (95% confidence interval 0% to 0.9%).


CONCLUSIONS
Further studies are desirable to establish the value of routine HIV testing in infertility patients as a population of women actively seeking pregnancy.
Balasch
J
J
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, C/Casanova, Barcelona, Spain.
Pumarola
T
T
Jové
I C
IC
Coll
O
O
Vanrell
J A
JA
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006678:HIV / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*