Semen donors and STD screening.

Semen donors and STD screening.

AIM The British Andrology Society recommends screening semen donors for sexually transmitted infections to minimise the risk of pathogen transmission to the mother and fetus. The aim was to review recent findings of semen donor screening and, if appropriate, recommend changes to the screening protocol. SUBJECTS 175 consecutive men attending for STD screening between January 1992 and December ...

Screening of semen donors for infectious diseases.

The aim of this work was to prepare European guidelines concerning the screening for infectious diseases in the setting of gamete donation. Existing guidelines have been reviewed and commented. In particular, the problem of cytomegalovirus (CMV) was a matter of debate following the decision by the French Government to reject CMV seropositive donors. Other remarks and suggestions concerning vari...

Attitudes and motives of semen donors and non-donors.

This study surveyed the views of three groups of men in relation to the situation of semen donation. In all, 97 childless student semen donors, 56 childless non-donor students and 44 mature non-donor fathers completed a questionnaire designed to explore possible motives for donating semen and preferences for involvement with recipients and offspring. Results showed the three groups could be dis...

Is Europe ready for STD screening?

Anonymity and openness and the recruitment of gamete donors. Part I: semen donors.

Since 1 April 2005, gamete donors in the United Kingdom (UK) have to be willing, in the future, to be identified to offspring should the offspring want this. This change in law has lead to considerable anxiety about the future availability of donors. This paper presents an overview of the research evidence concerning semen donors' views on anonymity and openness, as it appears in referred journ...