Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Mpox in assisted conception: should we be worried about this monkey wrench?
- Journal:
- Human fertility (Cambridge, England)
- Year:
- 2025
- Authors:
- Yakass, Michael B & Woodward, Bryan J
- Affiliation:
- The Fertility Centrum
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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