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Editor, Senior Moderator
Andrologia
. 2020 Nov 26;e13912.
doi: 10.1111/and.13912. Online ahead of print.
Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 in semen samples and the effects of COVID-19 on male sexual health by using semen analysis and serum male hormone profile: A cross-sectional, pilot study
Mustafa Zafer Temiz[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Muhammet Murat Dincer[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ibrahim Hacibey[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ramazan Omer Yazar[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Cengiz Celik[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Suat Hayri Kucuk[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Gizem Alkurt[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Levent Doganay[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Emrah Yuruk[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ahmet Yaser Muslumanoglu[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The study investigated whether there is a male reproductive system coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) phenomenon. Thirty participants who met the inclusion criteria were enrolled in the study between April and May 2020. The participants were assigned in one of the three groups including COVID-19 patients before and after treatment, and controls. Presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) within the semen samples was investigated. Additionally, participant's demographics, semen parameters and serum sex hormone levels were compared between the groups. SARS-CoV-2 was not detected within the semen samples. Sperm morphology and serum sex hormone levels were significantly different between the groups. In the post hoc analysis, sperm morphology was significantly lower in the COVID-19 patients. Patients before treatment had significantly lower serum FSH, LH and T levels than controls. However, patients after treatment had similar serum FSH, LH and T levels with controls and patients before treatment. In our opinion, COVID-19 and its treatment had no specific deteriorative effect on male sexual health at a short-time period. In the patients before treatment, decreased serum of T, FSH and LH levels was consistent with acute patient stress due to COVID-19. Similarly, it seems that decreased sperm morphology was associated with the acute fever.
Keywords: SARS coronavirus; male; pilot study; semen; sexual health.
. 2020 Nov 26;e13912.
doi: 10.1111/and.13912. Online ahead of print.
Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 in semen samples and the effects of COVID-19 on male sexual health by using semen analysis and serum male hormone profile: A cross-sectional, pilot study
Mustafa Zafer Temiz[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Muhammet Murat Dincer[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ibrahim Hacibey[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ramazan Omer Yazar[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Cengiz Celik[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Suat Hayri Kucuk[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Gizem Alkurt[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Levent Doganay[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Emrah Yuruk[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ahmet Yaser Muslumanoglu[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33244788
- DOI: 10.1111/and.13912
Abstract
The study investigated whether there is a male reproductive system coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) phenomenon. Thirty participants who met the inclusion criteria were enrolled in the study between April and May 2020. The participants were assigned in one of the three groups including COVID-19 patients before and after treatment, and controls. Presence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) within the semen samples was investigated. Additionally, participant's demographics, semen parameters and serum sex hormone levels were compared between the groups. SARS-CoV-2 was not detected within the semen samples. Sperm morphology and serum sex hormone levels were significantly different between the groups. In the post hoc analysis, sperm morphology was significantly lower in the COVID-19 patients. Patients before treatment had significantly lower serum FSH, LH and T levels than controls. However, patients after treatment had similar serum FSH, LH and T levels with controls and patients before treatment. In our opinion, COVID-19 and its treatment had no specific deteriorative effect on male sexual health at a short-time period. In the patients before treatment, decreased serum of T, FSH and LH levels was consistent with acute patient stress due to COVID-19. Similarly, it seems that decreased sperm morphology was associated with the acute fever.
Keywords: SARS coronavirus; male; pilot study; semen; sexual health.