Health An obscure virus spread through kissing has been linked to infertility, study finds

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Researchers in Italy have found evidence to suggest that an obscure virus spread through saliva - i.e. kissing - might actually be linked to unexplained infertility in women.

As well as giving you second thoughts the next time you lock lips with someone, the discovery could also offer hope and a new treatment option to some of the 10 percent of women who have problems conceiving children.


It's not the first time the virus, known as HHV-6A (one of several human herpes viruses) has been linked to kissing, but no one has made the association with infertility before, reports Henry Bodkin for The Telegraph.

The team - led by Roberta Rizzo from Univeristy of Ferrara in Italy - tested 30 women with unexplained fertility problems and found that 13 (43 percent) had an HHV-6A infection in their uterus. The human herpes virus was not detected in another 36 healthy women tested as a control group.

HHV-6A is still largely a mystery to scientists, and the majority of infections of both HHV-6A and its close relation HHV-6B are 'silent', meaning they usually don't express any noticeable symptoms.

Read more here. (Science Alert)
 
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