Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

February 27, 2020

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

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  • Cui et al. investigated possible sexual transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in 35 female patients diagnosed with COVID-19 using RT-PCR, to detect SARS-CoV-2 in vaginal environment and anal swab samples. All vaginal samples tested negative and only one anal swab sample tested positive. The results from this study do not indicate sexual transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

Cui et al. (Feb 27, 2020). Clinical features and sexual transmission potential of SARS-CoV-2 infected female patients: a descriptive study in Wuhan, China. Pre-print downloaded Feb 27 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.26.20028225