{"title":"Mpox in assisted conception: should we be worried about this monkey wrench?","authors":"Michael B Yakass, Bryan J Woodward","doi":"10.1080/14647273.2024.2441825","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Following reports of mpox infections in Europe and the Americas, the World Health Organisation has declared that mpox constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. Since the mpox virus (MPXV) has been detected in semen of MPX-infected men, this puts healthcare professionals in medically assisted reproduction clinics, such as clinical embryologists and andrologists, at risk of MPX infection by handling semen from infected men. This commentary provides information about MPXV and highlights vigilance steps with regards to processing semen, oocytes, pre-implantation embryos and pregnancies of MPXV infected persons.</p>","PeriodicalId":13006,"journal":{"name":"Human Fertility","volume":"28 1","pages":"2441825"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1000,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Human Fertility","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14647273.2024.2441825","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/12/16 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Following reports of mpox infections in Europe and the Americas, the World Health Organisation has declared that mpox constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. Since the mpox virus (MPXV) has been detected in semen of MPX-infected men, this puts healthcare professionals in medically assisted reproduction clinics, such as clinical embryologists and andrologists, at risk of MPX infection by handling semen from infected men. This commentary provides information about MPXV and highlights vigilance steps with regards to processing semen, oocytes, pre-implantation embryos and pregnancies of MPXV infected persons.
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Human Fertility is a leading international, multidisciplinary journal dedicated to furthering research and promoting good practice in the areas of human fertility and infertility. Topics included span the range from molecular medicine to healthcare delivery, and contributions are welcomed from professionals and academics from the spectrum of disciplines concerned with human fertility. It is published on behalf of the British Fertility Society.
The journal also provides a forum for the publication of peer-reviewed articles arising out of the activities of the Association of Biomedical Andrologists, the Association of Clinical Embryologists, the Association of Irish Clinical Embryologists, the British Andrology Society, the British Infertility Counselling Association, the Irish Fertility Society and the Royal College of Nursing Fertility Nurses Group.
All submissions are welcome. Articles considered include original papers, reviews, policy statements, commentaries, debates, correspondence, and reports of sessions at meetings. The journal also publishes refereed abstracts from the meetings of the constituent organizations.