SARS-CoV-2 RNA Shedding in Semen and Oligozoospermia of Patient with Severe Coronavirus Disease 11 Weeks after Infection

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Purpura, Lawrence J. ; Alukal, Joseph ; Chong, Alexander M. ; Liu, Lihong ; Cantos, Anyelina ; Shah, Jayesh ; Medrano, Nicola ; Chang, Jennifer Y. ; Tsuji, Moriya ; Mohri, Hiroshi ; Uhlemann, Anne Catrin ; Ho, David ; Yin, Michael T. ; Purpura, Lawrence J. ; Alukal, Joseph ; Chong, Alexander M. ; Liu, Lihong ; Cantos, Anyelina ; Shah, Jayesh ; Medrano, Nicola ; Chang, Jennifer Y. ; Tsuji, Moriya ; Mohri, Hiroshi ; Uhlemann, Anne Catrin ; Ho, David ; Yin, Michael T.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Humans Male Oligospermia Rna, Viral Sars-Cov-2 Semen Semen Analysis Virus Shedding
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(1):196-200 ; Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(1):196-200
• Pubmed ID:
  34647864
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8714206
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  T32 AI114398/AI/NIAID NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:82620b29b371d52b8cc338e4645c9859841d9e15ac9bb6bceb5a225eb0fa2ddb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/113336/cdc_113336_DS1.pdf
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