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Vol. 34. Issue 10.
Pages 845-853 (January 2010)
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Vol. 34. Issue 10.
Pages 845-853 (January 2010)
Virus of Sexual transmission: Semen and virus relationship
Virus de transmisión sexual: relación semen y virus
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J.W. Zea-Mazo, Y.A. Negrette-Mejía, W. Cardona-Maya
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Grupo Reproducción, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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Abstract
Introduction

The possible “infection”/interaction processes between sperm and different microorganisms are under discussion nowadays. This process might include some viruses and even recent investigations are aiming to elucidate the mechanisms and the receptors that may be involved in this interaction. Furthermore, the presence of some viral genomes within the sperm DNA has been reported, raising the possibility of transmitting the infection to the partner and offspring.

Objective

The aim of this review is to describe the mechanisms of how viruses could possibly infect some seminal fractions. This is pursued by performing a literature review for answering the question: how could the sexually transmitted virus be infecting sperm?

Materials and methods

We carried out a bibliographic review on sperm and virus interaction.

Results

Some viruses interact with sperm cells; and sperm cells could transfer the viruses to offspring, however, in most cases, the receptors that allow this interaction are not clearly described.

Conclusions

Based on the current information, new in vitro studies are needed to determine the role of sperm in spreading viruses of sexually transmitted infections.

Keywords:
Viruses
Spermatozoa
Sexual transmission infections
Semen
Resumen
Introducción

Actualmente, existe debate sobre la posibilidad de «infección»/interacción de los espermatozoides con diferentes virus, inclusive para algunos virus se intentan dilucidar mecanismos y receptores que podrían estar involucrados en esta interacción. Adicionalmente, se ha reportado la presencia de algunos genomas virales en el DNA espermático, planteando la posibilidad de transmitir la infección a la pareja y a la descendencia.

Objetivo

En la presente revisión se pretende describir los mecanismos de infección de algunos virus a las fracciones seminales, pretendiendo mediante una revisión bibliográfica, responder a la pregunta ¿cómo los virus de transmisión sexual infectan al semen?

Materiales y métodos

Se realizo una búsqueda bibliográfica sobre la interacción de virus y espermatozoides.

Resultados

Algunos virus pueden interactuar con los espermatozoides y estos podrían transferir el virus a la descendencia; sin embargo, en la mayoría de los casos, los receptores que permiten esta interacción no están claramente descritos.

Conclusiones

A pesar de la información actual, nuevos estudios experimentales son necesarios para determinar el papel de los espermatozoides en la diseminación de las infecciones de transmisión sexual.

Palabras clave:
Virus
Espermatozoide
Infecciones de transmisión sexual
Semen

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