Clinical features and sexual transmission potential of SARS-CoV-2 infected female patients: a descriptive study in Wuhan, China
Pengfei Cui, Zhe Chen, Tian Wang, Jun Dai, Jinjin Zhang, Ting Ding, Jingjing Jiang, Jia Liu, Cong Zhang, Wanying Shan, Sheng Wang, Yueguang Rong, Jiang Chang, Xiaoping Miao, Xiangyi Ma, Shixuan Wang
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.26.20028225
Abstract
Background:As of February 26, 2020, SARS-CoV-2 has infected more than 78190 people and caused 2718 deaths in China. This virus rapidly spreads to 33 countries worldwide. Thus, in order to effectively block its transmission, it is urgent to uncover all of the possible transmission routes of SARS-CoV-2. Methods:From January 28 to February 18, 2020, 35 female patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in Tongji Hospital were included in this descriptive study. The gynecologic history, clinical characteristics, laboratory findings and chest computed tomography (CT) of all patients were recorded in detail. To examine whether there is sexual transmission, we employed real-time polymerase chain reaction testing (RT-PCR) to detect SARS-CoV-2 in vaginal environment (including vaginal discharge, cervical or vaginal residual exfoliated cells) and anal swab samples, and inquired recent sexual behaviors from the patients.
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