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.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8483336 | PMC |
| http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0253072 | PLOS |
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