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cord-345033-guisyj11	Massarotti, Claudia	SARS‐CoV‐2 in the semen: where does it come from?	2020-06-13		.txt	text/plain	694	49	55	This finding re‐opened the discussion on possible male genital tract infection, virus shedding in semen, sexual transmission and safety of fertility treatments during the pandemic period [1]. 2 A recent report by Li et al., described the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in semen samples of six patients, 3 including two subjects who were recovering from the clinical disease. This finding re-opened the 4 discussion on possible male genital tract infection, virus shedding in semen, sexual transmission and 5 safety of fertility treatments during the pandemic period [1] . Regarding Coronaviruses, there is evidence that 35 MERS-CoV binds to the host cell receptor dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4), which is broadly expressed 36 on prostate cells [12] . The ACE2 Expression in Sertoli cells and Germ cells may cause male reproductive disorder after SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Expression of the SARS-CoV-2 cell receptor gene ACE2 in a wide variety of human tissues	./cache/cord-345033-guisyj11.txt	./txt/cord-345033-guisyj11.txt