Coronavirus disease and male fertility: a systematic review.
Middle East Fertil Soc J
; 26(1): 26, 2021.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1817307
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Based on the information from other SARS-CoV infections in the patients recovered from COVID-19, particularly cases in the reproductive age, gonadal function evaluation and andrological consultation comprising semen analysis are recommended. MAIN BODY Based on the COVID-19 infected patients' seminal fluid analyses, SARS-CoV-2 may employ the male reproductive system as a transmission pathway. It has been also demonstrated that angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) can be strongly expressed at the protein levels in the testicular cells. The high expression of ACE2 in testes suggests that testes in the COVID-19 infected males can have an important role in the viral persistence and this subject needs further investigations. Several researchers have examined males recovered from COVID-19, but still, large-scale experiments are needed to determine the effects of SARS-CoV-2 on the male reproductive system as well as viral transmission risk.CONCLUSION:
Comprehensive researches are required to figure out the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in seminal fluid as well as its sexual transmissibility and impact on sperm characteristics.
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Prognostic study
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Language:
English
Journal:
Middle East Fertil Soc J
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S43043-021-00073-4
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