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NewsColony SARS-CoV-2 found in semen of COVID-19 patients Since the novel coronavirus, now called the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), emerged in December 2019, viral loads have been detected in body fluids, such as urine samples, saliva, stool samples, and in the gastrointestinal tract. Now, a new study reveals the SARS-CoV-2 virus in semen. The researchers from the Nanlou Respiratory Diseases Department, Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, China have found that SARS-CoV-2 can be present in the semen of patients with COVID-19, and it can still be detected in patients who have already recovered from the illness. Semen testing In the study, published in the JAMA Network , the researchers identified all male patients who are older than 15 years old between Jan. 26 and Feb. 16 in Shangqui Municipal Hospital, the only hospital catering to COVID-19 in Shangqiu, Henan Province. The patients were asked to provide semen samples for ana...