I have heard something of this from Attila Toth, although I think he
focused more on the female genital tract....
-Rachel
On Fri, 20 Jan 1995 yang at maspo2.mas.yale.edu wrote:
> In article <frodes-2001951204480001 at tirpitz.ibg.uit.no> frodes at ibg.uit.no (Frode Skarstein) writes:
> >From: frodes at ibg.uit.no (Frode Skarstein)
> >Subject: Effects of pathogens on sperm production.... :-?
> >Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 10:04:48 GMT
>> >Hi all!
>> >I was wondering... is there anyone out there with references to work
> >documenting parasitic effects upon sperm quality/counts? I am interested
> >in any reference, but I would be most excited about references to
> >macroparasites not situated in the gonads affecting sperm production,
> >i.e., some kind of indirect parasitic manipulation scenario, where it
> >isn't the direct damage upon the host's gonadial tissues that causes the
> >infuence on sperm production, but rather some kind of host reallocation of
> >resources/metabolites away from testes that is the causal factor.
>> >If people are interested and I get some references, I'll post a summary of
> >the responces I get.
>> >Thanks in advance!
>> >sincerely,
> >Frode, frodes at ibg.uit.no> Please do post it, I am interested in the question too, prefereablly ,
> including something other than parasites, e.g. viral and bacterial?
>
