tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
PLoS One
. 2021 Sep 30;16(9):e0253072.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253072. eCollection 2021.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is not detected in the vagina: A prospective study
Ozguc Takmaz[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Eren Kaya[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Burak Erdi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Gozde Unsal[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Pari Sharifli[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Nihat Bugra Agaoglu[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Esra Ozbasli[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Serap Gencer[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Mete Gungor[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Objective: To determine whether severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is present in the vagina of women diagnosed with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pneumonia.
Study design: The study was conducted prospectively in a university affiliated hospital. Forty-one women of reproductive age whose nasopharyngeal PCR test were positive for SARS-CoV-2 and clinically diagnosed with pneumonia were included in the study. Vaginal swabs were obtained for SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests when the patients were admitted to the inpatient service before pneumonia treatment was initiated.
Results: Vaginal swab samples of 38 patients were analysed with SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests. None of the vaginal swabs were positive for SARS-CoV-2.
Conclusions: SARS-CoV-2 does not infect the vagina of women diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia.
. 2021 Sep 30;16(9):e0253072.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253072. eCollection 2021.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is not detected in the vagina: A prospective study
Ozguc Takmaz[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Eren Kaya[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Burak Erdi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Gozde Unsal[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Pari Sharifli[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Nihat Bugra Agaoglu[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Esra Ozbasli[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Serap Gencer[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Mete Gungor[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34591849
- DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253072
Abstract
Objective: To determine whether severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is present in the vagina of women diagnosed with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pneumonia.
Study design: The study was conducted prospectively in a university affiliated hospital. Forty-one women of reproductive age whose nasopharyngeal PCR test were positive for SARS-CoV-2 and clinically diagnosed with pneumonia were included in the study. Vaginal swabs were obtained for SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests when the patients were admitted to the inpatient service before pneumonia treatment was initiated.
Results: Vaginal swab samples of 38 patients were analysed with SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests. None of the vaginal swabs were positive for SARS-CoV-2.
Conclusions: SARS-CoV-2 does not infect the vagina of women diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia.