title: Preliminary experience offering oocyte donation to human immunodeficiency virus-1 serodiscordant couples.
abstract: METHODS
  Our preliminary experience on the use of donor oocytes in human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) serodiscordant couples who have previously failed conventional in vitro fertilization (IVF) therapy is presented. Five HIV-1 serodiscordant couples in which the male is infected and the female is seronegative underwent IVF with intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) utilizing donor oocytes with day 3 embryo transfer and cryopreservation. Six oocyte donation cycles in the five couples yielded 16.8 +/- 9.5 (mean +/- SD) (range 11-34) oocytes; 3.8 +/- 0.4 (range 3-4) transferred embryos; and 1.8 +/- 2.2 (range 0-5) cryopreserved embryos per attempt. The fertilization rate from ICSI was 0.60 +/- 0.16 (range 0.40-0.88). Three of five couples conceived; two from one attempt (one singleton pregnancy and one twin pregnancy); and another after a failed fresh cycle using cryopreserved embryos. All female recipients tested remained seronegative 3 and 6 months post-embryo transfer. All babies (n=4) were seronegative at birth and 3 months postpartum.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Oocyte donation may be considered as an alternative for childbearing in HIV serodiscordant couples in whom conventional IVF has failed due to factors inherent to the female partner.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical CenterColumbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 622 West 168th Street PH 16-28, New York, New York 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Peña
authors.forename: Melvin H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Thornton
authors.forename: Mark V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Sauer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005220:Fathers; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000379:methods; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission; D018023:HIV Seronegativity; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018587:Oocyte Donation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D020554:Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic / Q000379:methods