Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is not detected in the vagina: A prospective study.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Takmaz, Ozguc; Kaya, Eren; Erdi, Burak; Unsal, Gozde; Sharifli, Pari; Agaoglu, Nihat Bugra; Ozbasli, Esra; Gencer, Serap; Gungor, Mete
- Source
- PLoS ONE. 9/30/2021, Vol. 16 Issue 9, p1-8. 8p.
- Subject
- *COVID-19
*SARS-CoV-2
*VAGINA
*CHILDBEARING age
*LONGITUDINAL method
- Language
- ISSN
- 1932-6203
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]