The risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission during assisted reproductive techniques (ARTs) is still disputed and no report concerning its prospective evaluation is available.
Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Virologie, GIMAP EA 3064, IFRESIS, Faculté de Médecine J. Lisfranc, Université de Saint-Etienne, 15 rue Ambroise Paré, 42023 Saint-Etienne Cedex 02, France.