Reply: COVID-19: semen impairment may not be related to the virus

Mauro Gacci¹, Marco Coppi^{2

3}, Elisabetta Baldi^{2

4}, Arcangelo Sebastianelli¹, Claudia Zaccaro¹, Simone Morselli¹, Alessio Pecoraro¹, Alekseja Manera¹, Rossella Nicoletti¹, Andrea Liaci¹, Claudio Bisegna¹, Luca Gemma¹, Saverio Giancane¹, Simona Pollini^{2

3}, Alberto Antonelli^{2

3}, Filippo Lagi^{2

5}, Sara Marchiani⁴, Sara Dabizzi⁴, Sabrina Nicolò², Maria Torcia², Selene Degl'innocenti⁴, Francesco Annunziato², Mario Maggi⁴, Linda Vignozzi⁴, Alessandro Bartoloni^{2

5}, Gian Maria Rossolini^{2

3}, Sergio Serni^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Minimally Invasive, Robotic Urologic Surgery & Kidney Transplantation, Careggi University Hospital (AOUC), University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
² Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
³ Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Florence Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
⁴ Unit of Andrology, Female Endocrinology and Gender Inconsistency, AOUC and Center of Excellence DeNothe, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences Mario Serio, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
⁵ Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.

Comment

Mauro Gacci et al. Hum Reprod. 2021.

. 2021 Jun 18;36(7):2065-2066.

doi: 10.1093/humrep/deab083.

¹ Department of Minimally Invasive, Robotic Urologic Surgery & Kidney Transplantation, Careggi University Hospital (AOUC), University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
² Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
³ Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Florence Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
⁴ Unit of Andrology, Female Endocrinology and Gender Inconsistency, AOUC and Center of Excellence DeNothe, Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences Mario Serio, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
⁵ Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.

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Comment on

COVID-19: semen impairment may not be related to the virus.
Bendayan M, Boitrelle F. Bendayan M, et al. Hum Reprod. 2021 Jun 18;36(7):2063-2064. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deab082. Hum Reprod. 2021. PMID: 33793791 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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