Table 1.

SARS-CoV-2 infection and semen quality

Patients (n)	Viral RNA in semen	Reproductive system symptoms	Semen quality	Reference
34	Negative	Scrotal discomfort (19%)	Not assessed	(14)
20	Negative	Not reported	Decreased sperm concentration and motility	(32)
38	Positive (15.8%)	Not reported	Not assessed	(25)
38	Positive (26.7% in the acute stage of infection), Positive (8.7% in recovery)	Not reported	Not assessed	(31)
12	Negative	Not reported	33.3% (low sperm motility with higher DFI)	(28)
74	Negative	Scrotal discomfort in one patient	Decreased semen quality	(29)
30	Negative	Not reported	Decreased sperm morphology	(30)
43	Negative	Not reported	5% of the men were oligo-crypto-azoospermic, 8 were azoospermic and 3 were oligospermic	(33)

SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and DFI; DNA fragmentation index.