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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Takmaz, Ozguc
• Kaya, Eren
• Erdi, Burak
• Unsal, Gozde
• Sharifli, Pari
• Agaoglu, Nihat Bugra
• Ozbasli, Esra
• Gencer, Serap
• Gungor, Mete
• Simuunza, Martin Chtolongo

Titel

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is not detected in the vagina: A prospective study

Ist Teil von

• PloS one, 2021-09, Vol.16 (9), p.e0253072-e0253072

Ort / Verlag

San Francisco: Public Library of Science

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

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Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Objective To determine whether severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is present in the vagina of women diagnosed with coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pneumonia. Study design The study was conducted prospectively in a university affiliated hospital. Forty-one women of reproductive age whose nasopharyngeal PCR test were positive for SARS-CoV-2 and clinically diagnosed with pneumonia were included in the study. Vaginal swabs were obtained for SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests when the patients were admitted to the inpatient service before pneumonia treatment was initiated. Results Vaginal swab samples of 38 patients were analysed with SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests. None of the vaginal swabs were positive for SARS-CoV-2. Conclusions SARS-CoV-2 does not infect the vagina of women diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia.