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Table 2 Analysis of immature germ cells population in the HCMV-infected sperm

From: Detection of human cytomegalovirus in motile spermatozoa and spermatogenic cells in testis organotypic culture

Patients

Spermatocytes, median %

Spermatides, median %

Unidentified/degenerative cells, median %

 

Leptotene, zygotene

Pachytene

Diplotene

  

Uninfected (n = 25)

3.3

0

0.43

86.5a

7.6 b

HCMV-infected (n = 20)

2.9

0

0

78.3a

16.4 b

  1. a, b- p < 0.05 (Mann-Whitney test)
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Herpesviridae

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