Sperm quality affected months after COVID-19, study shows
Half of the men had total sperm counts that were 57% lower three months after infection.
Having even a mild SARS-CoV-2 infection could trigger a months-long drop in sperm quality, findings reveal.
Spanish researchers found both lower sperm concentrations and motility when studying men an average of 100 days after COVID-19.
The team recruited 45 men with an average age of 31 at six reproductive clinics in Spain between February 2020 and October 2022.
All had a confirmed diagnosis of mild COVID-19, in the findings presented Monday at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology annual meeting, in Copenhagen, Denmark.
