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ReviewAndrologia2022

Human semen quality as affected by SARS-CoV-2 infection: An up-to-date review.

Saleem Ali Banihani

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Review in Andrologia, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Saleem Ali BanihaniDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6830-6247

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Revealing the effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection on semen quality is a dynamic priority for many healthcare providers in the field as well as subfertile patients. Therefore, the collective summary in this research approach is still highly needed, especially with the continuous increase in original publications. Here, we provide an up-to-date review and discussion to collectively reveal the effect of SARS-CoV-2 infection on human semen quality. To do this, we reviewed all articles and abstracts published in Scopus and PubMed using the keywords 'SARS-CoV-2' and 'COVID' versus 'sperm' and 'semen'. In summary, it can be revealed that, at both symptomatic and recovery stages of infection, no investigational evidence of SARS-CoV-2 shedding in human semen. Also, the mainstream of the up-to-date published work reveals a negative impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection on semen quality parameters, particularly sperm count and motility. However, long-term post-recovery comparative studies seem very important in this particular setting.

Indexed as

COVID-19Semen AnalysisHumansMaleRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2SemenRNA, ViralCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2semen qualitysperm

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PMID34716614
PMCPMC8646253

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