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Researchers at the University of So Paulo (USP) in Brazil have shown that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, can remain in the sperm of recovered patients for up to 90 days after hospital discharge and 110 days after initial infection...
The findings, published in the journal Andrology, suggest that individuals planning to have children should observe a "quarantine" period after recovering from Covid-19...
Although SARS-CoV-2 has rarely been detected in semen through standard PCR tests, the USP study employed real-time PCR and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to detect viral RNA in semen and spermatozoa donated by 13 men aged 21 to 50 who had recovered from mild, moderate, or severe Covid-19.. . ) ..
"The possible implications of our findings for the use of sperm in assisted reproduction should be urgently considered by physicians and regulators," said Jorge Hallak, the study's corresponding author and a professor at USP's medical school...
