ReviewJournal of endocrinological investigation2022
The potential impact of COVID-19 on male reproductive health.
Review in Journal of endocrinological investigation, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The effect of COVID-19 vaccines on sperm parameters: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Asian journal of andrology · 2023Pooled it
- Parental Characteristics Associated With Children Born With Neural Tube Defects in Puebla, Mexico.Cureus · 2025Article
- Repercussion of SARS-CoV-2 on the Sexual Function in Males: An Updated Review.Infectious disorders drug targets · 2025Review
- Review
- SARS-CoV-2 and male infertility: from short- to long-term impacts.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2023Review
- COVID-19 and Diarylamidines: The Parasitic Connection.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- SARS-CoV-2 Infection and the Male Reproductive System: A Brief Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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- Male reproductive health after 3 months from SARS-CoV-2 infection: a multicentric study.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2023Article
- Late-Onset Hypogonadism in a Male Patient with Long COVID Diagnosed by Exclusion of ME/CFS.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Detection of Male Hypogonadism in Patients with Post COVID-19 Condition.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- COVID-19 Genetic Variants and Their Potential Impact in Vaccine Development.Microorganisms · 2022Review
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Authors and funding
5 authors.
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Abstract
The SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to overwhelm health care systems impairing human to human social and economic interactions. Invasion or damage to the male reproductive system is one of the documented outcomes of viral infection. Existing studies have reported that SARS-CoV-2 may contribute to this loss in relation to inflammatory responses and the formation of cytokine storms in COVID-19 patients. Although direct infection of the testes and entry of SARS-CoV-2 into semen as well as subsequent consequences on the male reproductive system need to be studied more systematically, warnings from two organising ASRM and SART for prospective parents when infected with SARS-CoV-2 should be considered. In the context of an increasingly complex pandemic, this review provides preliminary examples of the potential impact of COVID-19 on male reproductive health and guidance for prospective parents currently infected with or recovering from SARS-CoV-2.
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