In 2020, Osamah Batiha and colleagues published their article “Impact of COVID-19 and Other Viruses on Reproductive Health,'' hereafter “Impact of COVID-19,” in the journal Andrologia. The article is a literature review that encompasses various studies on how coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19, impacts male fertility and pregnancy. COVID-19 is a viral disease that primarily infects the respiratory system and causes infection through the virus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2. The researchers published “Impact of COVID-19” during the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, which was a time of global panic and uncertainty. “Impact of COVID-19” was one of the first studies to examine the potential effects of COVID-19 on male fertility and elicited discussion within the scientific community regarding the necessary safety precautions to take during viral pandemics.
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