ReviewAndrology2021
Coronavirus: A possible cause of reduced male fertility.
Review in Andrology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Absence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the semen of men recovering from COVID-19 infection: An exploratory study and review of literature.Andrologia · 2021Pooled it
- Evaluation of acute and chronic phases of COVID-19 on semen parameters and gonad hormones: A case-control study.International journal of reproductive biomedicine · 2025Article
- COVID-19 and male fertility: short- and long-term impacts of asymptomatic vs. symptomatic infection on male reproductive potential.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2024Article
- Immunohistochemical Analysis of Spermatogenesis in Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Invasion in Different Age Groups.Current issues in molecular biology · 2023Article
- Direct, indirect, post-infection damages induced by coronavirus in the human body: an overview.Virusdisease · 2022Review
- Laboratory medicine in pandemic of COVID-19.Biochemia medica · 2022Article
- Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Inflammation on Selected Organ Systems of the Human Body.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- A Review of Recent Studies on the Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines on Male Reproductive Health.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2022Review
- Can Coronavirus Disease 2019 Effect on Human Reproduction?Advanced biomedical research · 2022Review
- COVID-19 and fertility-at the crossroads of autoimmunity and thrombosis.Rheumatology international · 2021Review
- COVID-19-associated inhibition of energy accumulation pathways in human semen samples.F&S science · 2021Observational
- Coronavirus: A possible cause of reduced male fertility.Andrology · 2021Review
- Is Male Reproductive System More Vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 Than Female's?Journal of reproduction & infertilityArticle
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
In lately December 2019, a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak occurred in Wuhan, PR China. It is a high contagious virus that has threatened human health worldwide. SARS-CoV-2 infection, termed COVID-19, causes rapidly developing lung lesions that can lead to multiple organ failure in a short period. Whenever a novel virus emerges, reproductive risk assessments should be performed after infection. In this review, we show that male fertility might be damaged by coronavirus associated with (i) direct cytopathic effects derived from viral replication and viral dissemination in the testis; and (ii) indirect damage to male fertility derived from immunopathology. In this review, we briefly describe the impaired fertility of humans and animals infected with coronaviruses to deduce the impact of the new coronavirus on male fertility. Together with information related to other coronaviruses, we extrapolate this knowledge to the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which may have a significant impact on our understanding of the pathophysiology of this new virus.
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