SARS-CoV-2 and the testis: similarity with other viruses and routes of infection

Since the start of the latest coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak, the number of infected individuals and cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been increasing exponentially worldwide. Of interest is existing evidence that orchitis can develop due coronavirus infection. It is therefore not unrea...

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Autores principales: Cardona Maya, Walter D., Du Plessis, Stefan S., Velilla, Paula A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Reproductive Healthcare Ltd. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7162782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32362571
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rbmo.2020.04.009
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description Since the start of the latest coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak, the number of infected individuals and cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been increasing exponentially worldwide. Of interest is existing evidence that orchitis can develop due coronavirus infection. It is therefore not unreasonable to believe that SARS-CoV-2 could be transmitted by semen. Consequently, it is of paramount importance that individuals who could potentially be infected take all possible care to mitigate the likely risk of passing on the infection through sexual intercourse.
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spelling pubmed-71627822020-04-17 SARS-CoV-2 and the testis: similarity with other viruses and routes of infection Cardona Maya, Walter D. Du Plessis, Stefan S. Velilla, Paula A. Reprod Biomed Online Commentary Since the start of the latest coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak, the number of infected individuals and cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been increasing exponentially worldwide. Of interest is existing evidence that orchitis can develop due coronavirus infection. It is therefore not unreasonable to believe that SARS-CoV-2 could be transmitted by semen. Consequently, it is of paramount importance that individuals who could potentially be infected take all possible care to mitigate the likely risk of passing on the infection through sexual intercourse. Reproductive Healthcare Ltd. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 2020-06 2020-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7162782/ /pubmed/32362571 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rbmo.2020.04.009 Text en © 2020 Reproductive Healthcare Ltd. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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SARS-CoV-2 and the testis: similarity with other viruses and routes of infection
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