title: The possible roles of sperm and sperm antibodies in the pathogenesis and treatment of AIDS.
abstract: Intravenous injections of donor sperm may possibly be of value to AIDS patients. The immunological basis for this proposal is reviewed in detail. Donor sperm introduced into the blood of a healthy patient produces anti-sperm antibodies which may become attached to the T-cells and cause their depletion. Reintroduction of donor sperm into the blood of an AIDS patient may reverse the pathogenesis by the donor sperm combining with anti-sperm antibodies so allowing the T-cells to recover. HIV is just the most common among the occupational viral infections of AIDS patients. A clinical trial is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Theoretical Medicine Institute, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eldor
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D000917:Antibody Formation; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D006678:HIV / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology* / Q000637:transplantation*