Scientists report evidence of SARS-CoV-2 from COVID-19 could possibly be in your jizz and balls
The study was not comprehensive enough to fully rule out the possibility that the Covid-19 disease could be sexually transmitted
Preliminary evidence suggests Covid-19 is not sexually transmitted
But the same scientists in this new research study also report:
“It could be that a man who is infected with COVID-19 might have a higher viral load, which could lead to a greater likelihood of infecting the semen. We just don’t have the answer to that right now,” says James M. Hotaling, M.D., co-author of the study and associate professor of urology specializing in male fertility at the University of Utah.
But just because the virus wasn’t present in the existing semen didn’t necessary rule out that it hadn’t entered the testes where sperm cells are formed.
“If the virus is in the testes but not the sperm it can’t be sexually transmitted,” says Jingtao Guo, Ph.D., a postdoctoral scientist at the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah who also co-authored the study. “But if it is in the testes, it can cause long-term damage to semen and sperm production.”
The study appears in Fertility & Sterility, a peer-reviewed journal published by the American Society of Reproductive Medicine.
https://healthcare.utah.edu/publicaf...d-19-semen.php
https://www.fertstert.org/article/S0...384-8/fulltext
Scientists report evidence of SARS-CoV-2 from COVID-19 could possibly be in your jizz
