The impact of COVID-19 vaccines on fertility-A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite literature's evidence about COVID-19 vaccines' safety, concerns have arisen regarding adverse events, including the possible impact on fertility, accentuated by misinformation and anti-vaccine campaigns. The present study aims to answer the question: Is there any impact of COVID-19 vaccines on the fertility of men and women of reproductive age?

Methods

PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Cochrane and Embase databases were searched for eligible studies until June 8th, 2022. The search was restricted to articles regarding humans, published in any languages, without additional restrictions. Studies' quality was assessed by the Newcastle-Ottawa and the Before and After Quality Assessment scales for cohort and pre-post studies, respectively. Random-effect meta-anal

SUBMITTER: Zace D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9464596 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature