CORONAVIRUS can stay alive in the testes, which means the deadly virus can last longer in men, a study shows.

When Covid-19 enters the body, it is connected to cells that express ACE2 protein, or angiotensin 2 converting enzymes.

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2 A pilot study has shown that the testes may contain the Covid-19 virus Credit: Getty – Contributor

Protein is found in the lungs, heart and intestines and is also found in large quantities in the testes.

While for women, a very small amount is found in ovarian tissue.

Statistics show that corona virus more likely to affect men than women.

Only in Britain alone, men die from the virus double the rate of women.

Men have a mortality rate of 1,728.2 per 100,000 while for women the rate is 840.9 per 100,000, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

A pilot study has shown that while women need four days to clear an infection, men need 50 percent longer, needing six days.

Dr Aditi Shastri, an oncologist at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, and her mother Jayanthi Shastri, a microbiologist at Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Mumbai, conducted the study.

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In three families who took part in the study, men also took longer than women to recover from coronavirus.

Those who took part in the study were between three and 75 years old, with an average age of 37 years.

Researchers in India tested hospitalized patients and their family members who were infected every two days to measure how quickly they cleaned the infected coronavirus.

This research was released before it was published on the MedRxiv medical website and has not been reviewed by colleagues.

Although some doubts have been cast on preliminary research.

Virology Professor Ian Jones of the University of Reading said coronaviruses need to travel in the bloodstream to reach the testes, which he said were “not as common” as what viruses do.

He said: “The main site of viral replication is the respiratory tract and to reach other sites the virus must travel in the bloodstream.

“This has been reported for viruses but not generally what coronaviruses do.

The most common signs of coronavirus in the Covid-19 case were confirmed from China until February 22, 2020

“Men generally do worse than women in immunological outcomes, perhaps the result of only one X chromosome, and I think this imbalance is more likely behind the visible difference. This work was not reviewed by colleagues. “

In addition, Professor of Molecular Virology at the University of Nottingham Jonathan Ball said that other studies did not find coronavirus in patient semen, suggesting it was not an “important reservoir” for coronavirus.

He said: “In a different study, which was again precast and not reviewed by peers, a small number of men tested their semen to determine the presence of coronavirus when they were recovering from the virus.

“There are also testicular samples from other patients who unfortunately died.

“None of the samples tested positive for the presence of the virus, indicating that the male genital tract is not an important reservoir for the virus.”

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Professor of Medical Imaging at University College London Derek Hill said that more data was needed before concrete conclusions could be drawn from the study.

Dr Kathryn Sandberg of Georgetown University, who studies gender differences in immune responses, says women are known to clear many viruses faster than men, partly because their immune system’s opening response to invasion is stronger, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Coronavirus is considered a greater risk for older people, and especially those aged over 80 years.

2 Older men are considered more at risk from coronavirus Credit: Getty – Contributor

Dr Deborah Birx said twice the number of men compared to women dying in COVID-19

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