TABLE 1.

Summary of case series and studies of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection within various reproductive tissues in patients who tested positive for SARS‐CoV‐2

Tissue assayed and study	PCR investigation	Pathologic investigation	Summary of results
Testis
Li et al 24	Yes	No	Six of 38 patients with positive RT‐PCR for SARS‐CoV‐2 in semen
Pan et al 25	Yes	No	One patient of 34 with positive qRT‐PCR for SARS‐CoV‐2 in semen
Ovaries and oocytes
None
Placenta and placental membranes
Chen et al 42	Yes	No	Nine placentas tested No positive results
Liu et al 53	Yes	No	Three placentas tested No positive results
Fan et al 41	Yes	No	Two placentas tested. No positive results.
Baergen et al 49	No	Yes	Ten of 20 placentas showed evidence of fetal vascular malperfusion or fetal vascular thrombosis
Shanes et al 50	No	Yes	Twelve of 15 placentas with evidence of maternal vascular malperfusion; 7 of 15 placentas with decidual arteriopathy
Penfield et al 51	Yes	No	Three of 11 placental swabs positive
Patane et al 52	Yes	Yes	Two of two positive results for SARS‐CoV‐2 RNA on fetal side of placenta Both placentas with chronic intervillositis
Vaginal secretions
Qiu et al 56	Yes	No	Ten non‐pregnant women swabbed No positive results
Liu et al 53	Yes	No	Three vaginal swabs tested (peripartum). No positive results
Fan et al 41	Yes	No	Two vaginal swabs tested (peripartum) No positive results