Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

March 4, 2020

Clinical features and sexual transmission potential of SARS-CoV-2 infected female patients: a descriptive study in Wuhan, China

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  • Researchers tested vaginal and anal swabs from the 35 female patients with COVID-19 and only one anal swab sample from one patient was positive for SARS-CoV-2. Findings suggest no risk of transmission through vaginal sex, though additional research is still needed.  

Cui et al. (Mar 3 , 2020). Clinical features and sexual transmission potential of SARS-CoV-2 infected female patients: a descriptive study in Wuhan, China.  Pre-print downloaded Mar 4 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.26.20028225