Clinical Characteristics and Results of Semen Tests Among Men With Coronavirus Disease 2019

Diangeng Li; Meiling Jin; Pengtao Bao; Weiguo Zhao; Shixi Zhang

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.8292

Clinical Characteristics and Results of Semen Tests Among Men With Coronavirus Disease 2019

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 May 1;3(5):e208292. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.8292.

Authors

Diangeng Li^{1

2}, Meiling Jin^{2

3}, Pengtao Bao⁴, Weiguo Zhao⁴, Shixi Zhang⁵

Affiliations

¹ Nanlou Respiratory Diseases Department, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China.
² Department of Nephrology, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Chinese People's Liberation Army Institute of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Kidney Diseases, Chinese People's Liberation Army Postgraduate Medical School, Beijing, China.
³ Department of Nephrology, Beijing-Chaoyang Hospital, Beijing, China.
⁴ Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Eighth Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China.
⁵ Shangqiu Municipal Hospital, Shangqiu, China.

Abstract

This cohort study examines the clinical characteristics of men with coronavirus disease 2019 whose semen tested positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

Publication types

Observational Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
COVID-19
China / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
Coronavirus Infections / virology*
Disease Progression
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
Pneumonia, Viral / virology*
Prospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
Semen / virology*
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral / prevention & control*
Virus Shedding / physiology*