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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Oct 13;28(1).
doi: 10.3201/eid2801.211521. Online ahead of print.
SARS-CoV-2 Shedding in Semen and Oligozoospermia of Patient with Severe Coronavirus Disease 11 Weeks after Infection
Lawrence J Purpura, Joseph Alukal, Alexander M Chong, Lihong Liu, Anyelina Cantos, Jayesh Shah, Nicola Medrano, Jennifer Y Chang, Moriya Tsuji, Hiroshi Mohri, Anne Catrin Uhlemann, David Ho, Michael T Yin
Abstract
We report severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in semen by using quantitative reverse transcription PCR during the late convalescent phase. Virus was associated with adequate humoral and cell-mediated responses, suggesting possible seeding of the immune-privileged testes. We provide longitudinal semen quality data for 6 other men, including 3 who had oligozoospermia.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; semen; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; shedding; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021 Oct 13;28(1).
doi: 10.3201/eid2801.211521. Online ahead of print.
SARS-CoV-2 Shedding in Semen and Oligozoospermia of Patient with Severe Coronavirus Disease 11 Weeks after Infection
Lawrence J Purpura, Joseph Alukal, Alexander M Chong, Lihong Liu, Anyelina Cantos, Jayesh Shah, Nicola Medrano, Jennifer Y Chang, Moriya Tsuji, Hiroshi Mohri, Anne Catrin Uhlemann, David Ho, Michael T Yin
- PMID: 34647864
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2801.211521
Abstract
We report severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in semen by using quantitative reverse transcription PCR during the late convalescent phase. Virus was associated with adequate humoral and cell-mediated responses, suggesting possible seeding of the immune-privileged testes. We provide longitudinal semen quality data for 6 other men, including 3 who had oligozoospermia.
Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; semen; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; shedding; viruses; zoonoses.