Can genital herpes cause infertility?

  There are many causes of female infertility, and genital inflammation is an important cause of infertility. herpes simplex virus type 2 can not only involve the vagina and cervix, but can also cause infertility by upstream infection causing tubal or endometritis and asymptomatic pelvic inflammatory disease in women, and is also associated with infertility after abortion. There are few reports on the relationship between herpes virus infection and male infertility. In China, it has been found that the rate of positive semen type 2 herpesvirus DNA in infertile men is much higher than that of normal controls, indicating that herpesvirus type 2 infection is also associated with male infertility.