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Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus in an infertile population
J Balasch1, T Pumarola, I C Jové
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, C/Casanova, Barcelona, Spain.
Objective:
To assess the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody in infertility.
Design:
Prospective cross-sectional blind study.
Setting:
An infertility clinic in Barcelona.
Patients:
Three hundred thirty-five consecutive patients (308 infertile women and 27 spontaneous recurrent aborters) were seen between January 1989 and May 1990.
Main Outcome Measure:
Human immunodeficiency virus serostatus.
Results:
The rate of seropositivity in the group of patients studied was 0.3% (95% confidence interval 0% to 0.9%).
Conclusion:
Further studies are desirable to establish the value of routine HIV testing in infertility patients as a population of women actively seeking pregnancy.