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These pathogens included Ureaplasma\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">urealyticum, Ureaplasma parvum, Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma genitalium<\/jats:italic>\n                    , herpes simplex virus 2,\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcus agalactiae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Staphylococcus aureus<\/jats:italic>\n                    . A total of 1951 men of infertile couples were recruited between 23 March 2023, and 17 May 2023, at the Department of Reproductive Medicine of The First People\u2019s Hospital of Yunnan Province (Kunming, China). Multiplex polymerase chain reaction and capillary electrophoresis were used for HPV genotyping. Polymerase chain reaction and electrophoresis were also used to detect the presence of other STIs. The overall prevalence of HPV infection was 12.4%. The top five prevalent HPV subtypes were types 56, 52, 43, 16, and 53 among those tested positive for HPV. Other common infections with high prevalence rates were\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Ureaplasma urealyticum<\/jats:italic>\n                    (28.3%),\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Ureaplasma parvum<\/jats:italic>\n                    (20.4%), and\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Enterococcus faecalis<\/jats:italic>\n                    (9.5%). The prevalence rates of HPV coinfection with\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Ureaplasma urealyticum, Ureaplasma parvum, Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma genitalium<\/jats:italic>\n                    , herpes simplex virus 2,\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Enterococcus faecalis, Streptococcus agalactiae<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Staphylococcus aureus<\/jats:italic>\n                    were 24.8%, 25.4%, 10.6%, 6.4%, 2.4%, 7.9%, 5.9%, 0.9%, and 1.3%, respectively. The semen volume and total sperm count were greatly decreased by HPV infection alone. Coinfection with HPV and\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Ureaplasma urealyticum<\/jats:italic>\n                    significantly reduced sperm motility and viability. Our study shows that coinfection with STIs is highly prevalent in the semen of infertile men and that coinfection with pathogens can seriously affect semen parameters, emphasizing the necessity of semen screening for STIs.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4103\/aja202473","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,13]],"date-time":"2024-09-13T07:00:09Z","timestamp":1726210809000},"page":"84-89","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Impact of human papillomavirus and coinfection with other sexually transmitted pathogens on male infertility"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"27","author":[{"given":"Xin","family":"Fan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First People\u2019s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650032, China"},{"name":"Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, 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