作者
M Gacci, M Coppi, E Baldi, A Sebastianelli, C Zaccaro, S Morselli, A Pecoraro, A Manera, R Nicoletti, A Liaci, C Bisegna, L Gemma, S Giancane, S Pollini, A Antonelli, F Lagi, S Marchiani, S Dabizzi, S Degl’Innocenti, F Annunziato, M Maggi, L Vignozzi, A Bartoloni, GM Rossolini, S Serni
发表日期
2021/6/1
期刊
Human Reproduction
卷号
36
期号
6
页码范围
1520-1529
出版商
Oxford University Press
简介
STUDY QUESTION
How is the semen quality of sexually active men following recovery from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection?
SUMMARY ANSWER
Twenty-five percent of the men with recent SARS-Cov-2 infections and proven healing were oligo-crypto-azoospermic, despite the absence of virus RNA in semen.
WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY
The presence of SARS-CoV-2 in human semen and its role in virus contagion and semen quality after recovery from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is still unclear. So far, studies evaluating semen quality and the occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 in semen of infected or proven recovered men are scarce and included a limited number of participants.
STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION
A prospective cross-sectional study on 43 sexually active men who were …
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