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Table 1 Main sperm parameters and mean percentage of HPV infected cells assessed in semen samples from HPV-16 infected patients and control subjects

From: Human papillomavirus proteins are found in peripheral blood and semen Cd20+ and Cd56+ cells during Hpv-16 semen infection

 

Viability (%)

Normal morphology (%)

Sperm conc. (106/ml)

Total sperm number (106cells)

Progressive motility (%)

SperMar positive samples (%)

Mean% of HPV 16 infected sperm

Mean% of HPV 16 infected non-sperm cells

HPV-16 positive (n = 16)

79.2 ± 11.2

19.8 ± 5.8

44.2 ± 15.8

108.9 ± 85.9

28.3 ± 14.3 *

37.5 *

26.2 ± 5.9

19.3 ± 8.4

Control (n = 16)

83.1 ± 7.5

19.1 ± 8.0

37.1 ± 9.1

115.1 ± 44.8

40.4 ± 16.8

6.3

0

0

  1. Abbreviations: HPV: human papillomavirus.
  2. Significance: * = p < 0.01 vs controls.