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The semen variables analysed were: volume;\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">pH<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            ; sperm concentration; motility; and morphology.\n                          <\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>\n                            Subjects were subdivided in two groups: group\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">A<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            , patients with\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">C<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            t infection alone and group\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">B<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            , patients with\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">C<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            t and\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HPV<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            co\u2010infection.\n                          <\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>\n                            The main outcome measurement was the effect of\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">C<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            t and\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HPV<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            co\u2010infection on the semen variables examined.\n                          <\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <\/jats:list>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>\n                            Of 3050 screened patients, 1003 were enrolled (32.9%) in the study. A total of 716 (71.3%) patients were allocated to group\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">A<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            , and 287 (28.7%) to group\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">B<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            .\n                          <\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>\n                            Significant differences between the two groups were reported in terms of percentage of motile sperm (degrees of freedom [df] = 1001;\n                            <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\n                            \u2010test = 11.85;\n                            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                            &lt; 0.001) and percentage of normal morphological forms (df = 1001;\n                            <jats:italic>t<\/jats:italic>\n                            \u2010test = 7.18;\n                            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                            &lt; 0.001), while no differences were reported in terms of semen volume or\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">pH<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            .\n                          <\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>\n                            According to\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">W<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            orld\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">H<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            ealth\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">O<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            rganization thresholds for normal semen, 364 (50.8%) men in group\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">A<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            and 192 (66.8%) men in group\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">B<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            were subfertile (odds ratio = 1.95; 95% confidence interval 1.46\u20132.60;\n                            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                            &lt; 0.001).\n                          <\/jats:p>\n                        <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>\n                            No correlation between\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HPV<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            genotype, mucosal\n                            <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IgA<\/jats:styled-content>\n                            type and semen variables was found.\n                          <\/jats:p>\n             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