?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=AZF+Microdeletions+in+Human+Semen+Infected+with+Bacteria&rft.creator=Hassani%2C+HH&rft.creator=Khalaf%2C+ZSH&rft.creator=Samarie%2C+EJ&rft.creator=Ibrahim%2C+MA.&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Bacterial+infections+are+associated+with+infertility+in+men.+This+study+was+aimed+to+investigate+microdeletions+on+Yq+chromosome+in+semen+infected+with+bacteria+by+using+bacteriological%2C+biochemical%2C+and+serological+assays.+The+investigation+showed+that+107+of+300+(84.80%25)+semen+samples+collected+from+infertile+men+with+primary+or+secondary+infertility+were+infected+with+different+species+of+bacteria.+Chlamydia+trachomatis+and+Neisseria+gonorrheae+were+the+most+frequently+diagnosed+bacteria+in+the+infected+semen+samples.+The+percentages+of+infections+of+semen+samples+with+C.+trachomatis+and+N.+gonorrhea+were+42.31%25+and+35.28%25+respectively.%C2%A0+Genomic+DNA+from+each+semen+sample+infected+with+predominant+bacteria+was+analyzed+for+AZF+deletions+by+using+multiplex+PCR.+Different+patterns+of+AZF+microdeletions+were+obtained.+It+can+be+concluded+that+sexually+transmitted+bacteria+may+contribute+in+microdeletions+of+Yq+chromosome+by+indirectly+producing+reactive+oxygen+species+and+causing+gene+defect+in+AZF+regions.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2011-11-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8005%2F1%2F2011-3-8.pdf&rft.identifier=++Hassani%2C+HH+and+Khalaf%2C+ZSH+and+Samarie%2C+EJ+and+Ibrahim%2C+MA.++(2011)+AZF+Microdeletions+in+Human+Semen+Infected+with+Bacteria.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8005%2F