August 13, 2020

Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 in Semen of Patients in the Acute Stage of COVID-19 Infection

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Transmission

• Among 16 adult male patients who were hospitalized with confirmed SARS-COV-2 infection in Turkey, no semen samples collected during the acute phase of infection tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 by PCR, providing a data point for exploring the risk of sexual transmission of SARS-CoV-2. 

Kayaaslan et al. (Aug 11, 2020). Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 in Semen of Patients in the Acute Stage of COVID-19 Infection. Urologia Internationalis. https://doi.org/10.1159/000510531