Male reproductive health and COVID-19


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The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has brought serious economic and social problems worldwide'. Due to its medical consequences, it is of importance to study the mechanisms of the disease and new therapeutic interventions, as well as rehabilitation processes. Despite the fact that the genome of the new coronavirus has been sequenced and studied, clinical and epidemiological data are constantly updated and analyzed, and exact pathogenesis has not yet been understood. At the same time, domestic and foreign studies suggest that the virus is an agent that affects not only the lungs, vascular wall, hemostasis, but also the reproductive system. The aim of the review is to summarize the current knowledge about novel SARS-CoV-2, including its pathophysiology and potential impact on male reproductive function.

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N. A Kurashova

Federal State Public Scientific Institution «Scientific Centre for Family Health and Human Reproduction Problems»

Email: nakurashova@yandex.ru
PhD, ScD, senior researcher of the Laboratory of Pathophysiology

B. G Dashiev

Federal State Public Scientific Institution «Scientific Centre for Family Health and Human Reproduction Problems»

Email: bairdashiev@mail.ru
PhD, junior researcher of the Laboratory of Pathophysiology of Reproduction

S. I Kolesnikov

Federal State Public Scientific Institution «Scientific Centre for Family Health and Human Reproduction Problems»

Email: iphr@sbamsr.irk.ru
Member of the RAS, PhD, MD, professor

L. I Kolesnikova

Federal State Public Scientific Institution «Scientific Centre for Family Health and Human Reproduction Problems»

Email: iphr@sbamsr.irk.ru
Member of the RAS, PhD, MD, professor, scientific director

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