Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2022)

SARS-CoV-2 RNA 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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2801.211521
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 1
pp. 196 – 200

Abstract

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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.

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