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

Our study showed that female patients with COVID-19 have a similar trait of clinical characteristics to the patients reported recently. Most common first symptom was fever (25, 71·4%). Lymphopenia was a common phenomenon, suggesting that SARS-CoV-2 might primarily target lymphocytes, like SARS-CoV 5 . IL-2R, IL6, and TNF-α were above the normal range in half patients. A cytokine storm was induced after SARS-CoV-2 infection, followed by large amounts of immune responses and changes in immune cells such as lymphocytes, which was same as people infected SARS-CoV 5,26 . Oxygen therapy was used for every patient to improve hypoxia. Most patients received antiviral treatment and antibiotic treatment to inhibit virus All rights reserved. No reuse allowed without permission. the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity.