Demographics and Characteristics of Recovered COVID-19
Patients.
We enrolled a total of 20 patients between January and April 2021. The
average age of the patients was 39 years (Table 1 ) and none of
them required hospitalization due to the SARS-CoV-2 infection. The
median time between viral infection and collection of semen samples was
3 months. In the semen specimens, all patients tested negative for
SARS‐CoV‐2 RNA. However, before cryopreservation, 5 patients tested
positive for the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) in their
spermatozoa.
The total sperm count per ejaculate averaged 88 x106+/- 70,16. Progressive motility percentage was 26% +/-7,71 and eosin
percentage was 78,5% +/-8,42. Out of the 20 patients, 16 had total
motile sperm counts and sperm within normal ranges. One patient showed
mild necrozoospermia and asthenospermia, two showed mild asthenospermia
and one had a mild oligospermia (Table 1 ).