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Article: Sperm motility is affected by male urogenital infection.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- December 17, 2003
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2003 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sperm motility can be affected by infectious organisms, seminal leukocytes, and proinflammatory cytokines.
According to recent research from Germany, "male accessory sex gland infections are considered as potential hazards to male fertility. Various pathophysiological concepts have evolved from experimental and clinical studies that begin to explain the effects of bacteria and immunological events on the function of spermatozoa, and sperm motility in particular.
Besides direct influences of pathogenic bacteria on spermatozoa, whose impact on the motility of human spermatozoa is reviewed herein, recent studies ...