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

The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not peer-reviewed) is . https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02. 26.20028225 doi: medRxiv preprint SARS-CoV transmission was via respiratory droplets, and may also be transmitted through fecal-oral and contiguous pathways 23 Our study has several limitations. First, the sample size was relatively small in which only 35 patients with SARS-CoV-2 positive or CT suspected was included; much more patients including sexually active women are needed to confirm our findings in the future. Second, samples from partner of the patients enrolled is missing, including anal swabs, semen, and urethral orifice swabs. Nevertheless, the data in our study revealed the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of female patients with COVID-19 in a new prospective. In summary, though no evidence was found in this study that SARS-CoV-2 can be transmitted by vaginal sex from female to the partner.