key: cord-295995-uabnyomr authors: Abdelmaksoud, Ayman; Vestita, Michelangelo; Goldust, Mohamad title: Sexually Transmitted COVID19 date: 2020-07-08 journal: Dermatol Ther DOI: 10.1111/dth.13982 sha: doc_id: 295995 cord_uid: uabnyomr nan In their study on healthy women, Yuksel and Ozgor found a significant higher sexual desire and frequencies of sexual intercourse during COVID19 pandemic compared with 6-12 months prior. 3 In another study by Qiu et al. 4 on 10 severely infected women with COVID-19, no SARS-CoV-2 virus was noted in their vaginal fluids. They concluded that likelihood of transmitting SARS-Cov-2 to sexual partners through vaginal fluids may be low. However, only postmenopausal women were studied, and the vaginal swabs were taken 17 days or more after disease onset, that was not ideal for viral detection by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Lower viral spreading to genital organs and genital secretions may be due to low rate of viremia for COVID-19. 5 Genital contamination with genital fluids, even with low rate, is not unexpected. Due to risk of "genital" contamination with SARS- This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Patients with sexual minorities should have more attention in the current situation. They are at risk of not only STDs, but also SARS-CoV2 through genital contamination. COVID19 patients presented with PR, or known STD, should be enquired about their sexual behavior/preference, and should undergo more than a nasopharyngeal swab before considering negativity of infection. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Can Covid-19 Be a Sexually Transmitted Disease? Posterity Will Judge Can COVID 19 Virus Be Transmitted Through Sex? Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Female Sexual Behavior SARS-CoV-2 Is Not Detectable in the Vaginal Fluid of Women With Severe COVID-19 Infection COVID-19 and Semen: An Unanswered Area of 328. 6: Delfino M This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.