Risks of SARS-CoV-2 on male reproductive health and the practice of semen analysis and cryopreservation

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dc.contributor.authorYakass, Michael B.
dc.contributor.authorQuaye, Osbourne
dc.contributor.authorWoodward, Bryan J
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-26T15:29:11Z
dc.date.available2023-04-26T15:29:11Z
dc.date.issued2020-11-06
dc.description.abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to urgent action by fertility clinics across the world. Many countries took the decision to suspend fertility treatments to mitigate the risk of spreading the infection, following international professional body guidance (e.g., from the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology and from the American Society of Reproductive Medicine). Given the virulence of SARS-CoV-2 and our lack of knowledge of how it can affect medically assisted reproduction (MAR), suspension was the safest course of action. Viruses are a concern for MAR. In 2005, the European Union issued directives to ensure that all patients are screened for three blood-borne viruses HIV, HBV and HCV, prior to embarking on any form of MAR. More recently, mosquito-borne viruses have also been shown to affect fertility [1]. For example, Zika virus RNA has been detected in semen of infected men for up to 1 year post-recovery, even after the patients are cleared of symptomsen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipACE: Cell Biology of Infectious and Non-Communicable Diseasesen_US
dc.identifier.citationhttps://dx.doi.org/10.2217%2Ffmb-2020-0114en_US
dc.identifier.issn1746-0913
dc.identifier.issn1746-0921
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1585
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFuture Medicine Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesFuture Microbiology;Volume 15, Issue 15
dc.subjectACE2en_US
dc.subjectUniversity of Ghanaen_US
dc.subjectWACCBIP_NCDSen_US
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_US
dc.subjectfertilityen_US
dc.subjectmale reproductionen_US
dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2en_US
dc.subjectsemenen_US
dc.subjectACE: Cell Biology of Infectious and Non-Communicable Diseasesen_US
dc.titleRisks of SARS-CoV-2 on male reproductive health and the practice of semen analysis and cryopreservationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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