Transmission virale et assistance médicale à la procréation : le cas des Herpesviridae

Detection of type 2 herpes simplex virus in cells of spermatogenic epithelium in infected testes of guinea pigs

“…Infection of the male gametes by incubation of mature spermatozoa with a suspension of infective virus revealed virus adhesion to the cell surface [4,9]. The authors failed to detect the infection inside the gametes and concluded that the viral particles could be eliminated from the surface of mature spermatozoa.…”