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The post-transfusion inquiry established blood contamination. Several years later (in 1990), and for reasons closely related to the above accident, Mr B. and his wife were having difficulty in having a child. They decided to resort to intraconjugal artificial insemination (IAI) first through a private laboratory and then through a CSCOS (Centre for the Study and Conservation of Human Ova and Sperm).<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>In 1992, Mr B. and his wife were both found to be HIV positive; the infection was ascribed to the IAI, as the most plausible cause.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>In the face of such dramatic events, we wondered why neither the laboratory nor the CSCOS had checked whether the couple were HIV positive.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Reflecting on this led us:<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>(a) to make an inventory of the different organizations and facilities empowered to manipulate sperm for medically assisted procreation (MAP);<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>(b) to investigate their obligations in terms of the prevention and control of specific diseases.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1177\/002580249503500304","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,1,18]],"date-time":"2017-01-18T20:27:14Z","timestamp":1484771234000},"page":"197-200","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Sperm Conservation and HIV Infection"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"35","author":[{"given":"S","family":"Gromb","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Doctor of Law, Medical Expert commissioned by the Court of Appeal of Bordeaux"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"J","family":"Beylot","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Professor of Internal Medicine, Bordeaux Regional Hospital"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"H P","family":"Lazarini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Professor Emeritus of Forensic Medicine, Expert commissioned by the Supreme Court of Appeals"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[1995,7,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-002580249503500304","first-page":"1679","volume":"321","author":"Aiuti Ensoli","year":"1989","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"bibr2-002580249503500304","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0140-6736(91)91139-L"},{"key":"bibr3-002580249503500304","first-page":"339","volume":"23","author":"Bacetti Benedetto","year":"1991","journal-title":"J. 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