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DOI: 10.24075/brsmu.2021.048

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Microbiota of semen samples with normozoospermia: analysis of real-time PCR data

Voroshilina ES1,2, Zornikov DL1, Ivanov AV3,4, Pochernikov DG5, Panacheva EA1,2
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1 Ural State Medical University, Yekaterinburg, Russia

2 Medical Center “Garmonia”, Yekaterinburg, Russia

3 Yeltsin Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia

4 Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics, Yekaterinburg, Russia

5 Ivanovo State Medical Academy, Ivanovo, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Еkaterina S. Voroshilina
Repina, 3, Yekaterinburg, 620014; moc.liamg@anilihsorov

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Acknowledgments: the authors would like to thank VN Khayutin, director of “Garmonia” Medical Center, for allowing them to conduct the study in the clinic's laboratory department.

Author contribution: Voroshilina ES — organization of the study, data analysis, writing the article; Zornikov DL — data analysis, writing the article; Ivanov AV — statistical processing, data analysis, writing the article; Pochernikov DG — patient selection, writing the article; Panacheva EA — literature review, data analysis, patient selection, conducting semen analyses and PCR tests, writing the article.

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Ural State Medical University, Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education under the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Protocol № 7 dated September 20, 2019). All patients signed the informed written consent to participation in the study.

Received: 2021-09-16 Accepted: 2021-10-06 Published online: 2021-10-28
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