Preliminary Evidence Shows ‘Rona is Attracted to...

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A group of researchers led by an oncologist in New York and her mother, a microbiologist in Mumbai, has put forth a hypothesis it acknowledges is highly preliminary: that the testes may harbor the SARS-CoV-2 virus in men, providing it sanctuary from the immune system.

While women offer the coronavirus plenty of opportunities to enter their cells, men’s testes may give the virus an extra point of entry. And since the testicles are walled off from the immune system, they may be among the last hiding places from which the virus is driven out.

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The younger Shastri said that if the coronavirus is found hiding in the testes, that might mean the virus can be sexually transmitted. “I would definitely consider that virus could be secreted into seminal fluid,” she said.

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