Herpetic infection of spermatozoa in failure of reproductive technologies and spontaneous abortion
The following conclusions can be made: mobile spermatozoa of normal morphology can be infected with HSV; as shown morphologically, samples of ejaculate from men whose wives had spontaneous abortions contained intragametic HSV capsides; intragametic HSV infection of spermatozoa had a negative effect on the course of pregnancy and/or embryon vitality.
Infection of cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus and morphology of the infected spermatogenic cells in infertile men
CONCLUSION: Spermatogenic cells infected by HCMV and HSV-II may cause pathologic lesions and affect spermatogenesis. Morphologically, the infected spermatogenic cells may undergo some pathologic alteration, such as apoptosis. The rate of HCMV infection is higher among infertile males with pathologic cells in the semen.
Prevalence of human herpes virus in the semen of men attending an infertility clinic and correlation with semen parameters
CONCLUSION(S): The DNA of herpes viruses is frequently detected in the semen of asymptomatic fertile and infertile male patients. Further studies are required to investigate the role of herpes viruses in male factor infertility.
Altered immunophenotypic parameters in infertile women. Possible role of herpes viremia.
CONCLUSIONS: Assuming that all women under study remained asymptomatic, these data suggest that subclinical herpesvirus viremia may be an important cause of peripheral immunostimulation in women with a history of infertility



