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Men are more susceptible than women to reproductive tract infections from COVID rendering some infertile, new research has found.
Scientists from the Australian and New Zealand Society of Reproductive Endocrinology have combined with the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine for the research on the virus’ impacts on fertility.
Their research was presented this week at the 10th Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction ASPIRE.
Reproductive medicine specialist Associate Professor Virgilio Novero said research had found COVID disrupts the protective role of an enzyme on the surface of many cells.
Saturday, 1 May 2021, 5:57 pm
SINGAPORE, May 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/
A review of
global research of the impact of COVID-19 on human fertility
suggests males are more susceptible than females to
reproductive tract infection from the virus.
A summary
of international studies on the effect of COVID-19 on
fertility was presented today at the 10th Congress of the
Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE). The ASPIRE
Congress, originally to be held in the Philippines, is being
presented in virtual format – https://aspire2021.cme-congresses.com
– to more than 100 countries because of ongoing concerns
about COVID-19.
Associate Professor Virgilio Novero, a
specialist in reproductive medicine at the University of the
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