mRNA and Viral Vector COVID-19 Vaccines Do Not Affect Male Fertility: A Prospective Study.
Claudia MassarottiSara StiglianiElena MaccariniFrancesca BovisMattia Francesco FerraroIrene GazzoPaola AnseriniPaola ScaruffiPublished in: The world journal of men's health (2022)
The semen parameters following COVID-19 vaccination did not reflect any causative detrimental effect from vaccination, and for the first time we demonstrated that this applies to both mRNA and viral-vector vaccines. The known individual variation in semen and the reduced abstinence time before the post-vaccine sample collection may explain the increases in sperm parameters.