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The contraceptive efficacy of intravas injection of Vasalgel™ for adult male rhesus monkeys

Overview of attention for article published in Basic and Clinical Andrology, February 2017
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Title
The contraceptive efficacy of intravas injection of Vasalgel™ for adult male rhesus monkeys
Published in
Basic and Clinical Andrology, February 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12610-017-0048-9
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Authors

Angela Colagross-Schouten, Marie-Josee Lemoy, Rebekah I. Keesler, Elaine Lissner, Catherine A. VandeVoort

Abstract

Options for male contraception are limited. The purpose of this study was to use a nonhuman primate model to evaluate Vasalgel™, a high molecular weight polymer being developed as a contraceptive device for men. Sixteen adult male rhesus monkeys received intravas injections of Vasalgel, consisting of 25% styrene maleic acid in dimethyl sulfoxide. After a one-week recovery, males were returned to outdoor group housing, which included at least 3 and up to 9 intact, breeding females with a successful reproductive history. Treated males have had no conceptions since Vasalgel injections. All males were housed with intact females for at least one breeding season and seven have been almost continually housed with females for 2 years. Complications were minor and included one incident of incorrect placement of Vasalgel into the vas deferens and the development of a sperm granuloma in one animal. Three unilateral vasectomies were performed, one was necessary for incorrect placement of Vasalgel, the other two were elective. Intravas injection of Vasalgel in sexually mature adult male rhesus monkeys was effective in preventing conception in a free-living, group environment. Complications were few and similar to those associated with traditional vasectomy.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Belgium 1 <1%
Unknown 119 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 27 23%
Student > Master 17 14%
Researcher 10 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 4%
Other 13 11%
Unknown 39 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 18 15%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 17 14%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 7%
Nursing and Health Professions 7 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 5 4%
Other 23 19%
Unknown 42 35%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1492. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 January 2024.
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