COVID-19 disease in clinical setting: impact on gonadal function, transmission risk, and sperm quality in young males.
Fabrizio Ildefonso ScroppoElisabetta CostantiniAlessandro ZucchiElisabetta CostantiniFrancesco TramaStefano BrancorsiniFelice CrocettoMaria Rita GismondoFederico DehòAnna MercurialiRiccardo BartolettiFrancesco GaetaPublished in: Journal of basic and clinical physiology and pharmacology (2021)
COVID patients studied exhibits alteration of the seminal fluid both in microscopic and macroscopic characteristics such as hypoposia and increased viscosity, which have not been detected in previous studies. The presence of viral RNA within the seminal fluid was excluded.