View 1: Assisted conception in couples with HIV infection

View 1: Assisted conception in couples with HIV infection.

IInfertility centres are increasingly dealing with couples with HIV who strongly want to be parents. Preconceptional counselling and reproductive assistance for such couples have significant ethical and practical implications for the couple and the carers. This article addresses the ethical and practical issues concerned in assisting them to limit negative consequences, both for the couples and...

Conception in Hiv-discordant Couples

Evaluation of clinical course and laboratory findings in HIV/HTLV-1 co-infection compare with HIV mono infection

Background: In the last 10 years, co-infection of human immunodeficiency virus/human T-cell leukemia virus-1 (HIV/HTLV-1) has emerged as a worldwide health problem. These viruses has the same route to infect human but different effects on CD4 positive T-cells. There was controversial results about the influence of co-infection HIV/HTLV-1 pathogenesis. This study compared clinical course and lab...

Is natural conception a valid option for HIV-serodiscordant couples?

The remarkable reduction in HIV-related morbidity and mortality as a consequence of the widespread use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has led to a growing number of HIV-infected persons and their partners requesting counselling regarding the chances of reproduction. A thoughtful medical evaluation of the couple, which should entail HIV status, screening for genital infections a...

Infertility treatment for HIV-positive couples: far from immaculate conception.

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2003: 29(4) Introduction The issue of infertility diagnosis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive couples is medically and ethically complicated. Studies show that although many in vitro fertilisation (IVF) units in the UK screen patients for HIV, only a handful are prepared to treat couples if one or other partner tests positive ...