Coronavirus Maybe Sexually Transmitted And Could Cause Male Infertility

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A new study claims the coronavirus can not only rob you of your taste and smell โ€” it may leave men infertile and could be transmitted sexually.

The study, published last month in JAMA, a monthly open-access medical journal published by the American Medical Association, found the presence of COVID-19 in 15% of semen samples collected.

The study also found that COVID-19 in human sperm โ€œleads to a build-up of angiotensin II, which is a hormone that regulates kidney function and blood pressure.

Increased levels of this hormone cause an immune response against the invading COVID-19 virus particles that increases the availability of reactive oxygen species that causes cell deathโ€ฆ Prolonged exposure to elevated angiotenstin II levels can lead to cell death in sperm.โ€

Researcher Dr. John Aitken likened it to the Zika virus.

โ€œIt should be emphasized spermatozoa have a demonstrable capacity to carry viral infections from the male to the female reproductive tract, As happens during the sexual transmission of Zika, for example,โ€

He is quoted as saying by the New York Post.

The study notes it could โ€œultimately result in a loss of male fertility.โ€

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