[Assisted reproduction and viral hepatitis: the virologist's viewpoint].
Medical assistance to procreation in a couple with one of the parents having viral hepatitis raises the issue of the transmission of infection to the baby and of possible contaminations of gametes from virus-free parents in the laboratory. Today, the main problems are linked to hepatitis B and C viruses, which induce chronic disease transmissible to the baby and can be transmitted through laboratory contaminations.
Pawlotsky
J M
JM
Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, Hôpital Henri-Mondor, Université Paris XII, Créteil.
D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control; D007757:Laboratory Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D012099:Reproductive Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects; D012307:Risk Factors