ReviewAPMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica2022
Could SARS-CoV-2 infection affect male fertility and sexuality?
Review in APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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.
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.
Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- Preeclampsia and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection: a systematic review.Journal of hypertension · 2022Pooled it
- Interplay of Ferroptosis, Cuproptosis, Autophagy and Pyroptosis in Male Infertility: Molecular Crossroads and Therapeutic Opportunities.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- A Multicentric Study on Adverse COVID-19 Outcomes Among Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women in Multidisciplinary Hospitals of Kazakhstan.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Repercussion of SARS-CoV-2 on the Sexual Function in Males: An Updated Review.Infectious disorders drug targets · 2025Review
- Aflatoxin Exposure-Caused Male Reproductive Toxicity: Molecular Mechanisms, Detoxification, and Future Directions.Biomolecules · 2024Review
- Vitamin D Receptor-Interplay in COVID-19-Negative, -Infected, and -Vaccinated Women during Pregnancy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- SARS-CoV-2 Infection during Delivery Causes Histopathological Changes in the Placenta.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Rapid assays of SARS-CoV-2 virus and noble biosensors by nanomaterials.Nano convergence · 2024Review
- COVID-19 and Male Infertility: Is There a Role for Antioxidants?Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- A Clinical Qualification Protocol Highlights Overlapping Genomic Influences and Neuro-Autonomic Mechanisms in Ehlers-Danlos and Long COVID-19 Syndromes.Current issues in molecular biology · 2023Article
- Unraveling the Molecular and Cellular Pathogenesis of COVID-19-Associated Liver Injury.Viruses · 2023Review
- ACE-2, TMPRSS2, and Neuropilin-1 Receptor Expression on Human Brain Astrocytes and Pericytes and SARS-CoV-2 Infection Kinetics.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Correlation of Plasma 25(OH)DNutrients · 2023Article
- Evaluation of the Hematological Patterns from Up to 985 Days of Long COVID: A Cross-Sectional Study.Viruses · 2023Article
- Natural Course of COVID-19 and Independent Predictors of Mortality.Biomedicines · 2023Article
- Mechanisms of COVID-19 Associated Pulmonary Thrombosis: A Narrative Review.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Article
- Article
- Review
- Association of Interleukin-32 and Interleukin-34 with Cardiovascular Disease and Short-Term Mortality in COVID-19.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of coronavirus infectious disease (COVID-19) and has rapidly spread worldwide, causing serious problems to the healthcare systems of many countries and hundreds of thousand deaths. In this review we discuss data from the literature to understand whether the various districts of the male reproductive system may represent another vulnerable target for SARS-CoV-2. Studies were searched from electronic databases such as Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, and COVID-19 specific databases such as LitCovid, until July 31, 2021. It appears that SARS-CoV-2 virus infection not only causes damage to the respiratory system, but could have a serious impact on the reproductive system of male patients modulating many physiological processes. Like some other infections, SARS-CoV-2 also leads to a worsening of semen quality and an increase in oxidative stress (OS) levels. However, due to the limited number of studies, it is unclear whether this deterioration in semen parameters is temporary or lasts over time. It is certainly important that patients' reproductive function is monitored after coronavirus infection to avoid problems in reproductive health in the future.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.