SPERMATOGENESIS AND HORMONE LEVELS IN RHESUS MACAQUES INOCULATED WITHSIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS

Authors
NADLER RD MANOCHA AD MCCLURE HM
Citation
Rd. Nadler et al., SPERMATOGENESIS AND HORMONE LEVELS IN RHESUS MACAQUES INOCULATED WITHSIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, Journal of medical primatology, 22(5), 1993, pp. 325-329
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,"Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of medical primatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00472565
Volume
22
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
325 - 329
Database
ISI
SICI code
0047-2565(1993)22:5<325:SAHLIR>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The presence of sperm in testicular tissue of rhesus macaques that die d as a result of infection with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) wa s related to age and body weight. Depressed testosterone levels were n ot associated with elevated LH levels. The data suggest that azoosperm ia in the SIV-infected macaques was due to cachexia and not a direct e ffect of virus on the testis, supporting a similar hypothesis regardin g azoospermia in men infected with human immunodeficiency virus.