196 self-reported affected sense of smell and 195 reported affected sense of taste. Their antibody levels were compared to the levels in people who reported no impact from COVID-19 to their sense of smell or taste.
smelltasteAt the start of the COVID pandemic in March 2020, fever and respiratory symptoms were the indications for virus testing in our hospital. As data have continued to accumulate worldwide, gastrointestinal, neurological, cardiovascular, cutaneous and ocular symptoms have been reported for ...
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many governments have taken drastic measures to avoid an overflow of intensive care units. Accurate metrics of disease spread are critical for the reopening strategies. Here, we show that self-reports of smell/taste changes are more closely associated with h...
Once a hallmark sign of many COVID-19 cases — sometimes more reliable than even flu-like symptoms at sniffing out people infected by the virusearly in the pandemic— was the sudden loss of smell and taste. But growing research suggests this symptom has become far less common, with only a...
People with COVID-19 may lose their sense of smell and taste for up to five months after infection, according to a preliminary study released today, February 22, 2021, that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 73rd Annual Meeting bein
This cross-sectional study investigates long-term outcomes in taste and smell function among individuals with past COVID-19.
Nancy Theys of Greenville, South Carolina, was diagnosed with COVID-19 last December. She said she had mild symptoms. But for five months, she had no sense of smell or taste. She said she's been able to smell and taste for the last two months, but that it is "off." ...
Using online surveys, we collected data regarding COVID-19-related loss of smell or taste from 69,841 individuals. We performed a multi-ancestry genome-wide association study and identified a genome-wide significant locus in the vicinity of the UGT2A1 and UGT2A2 genes. Both genes are expresse...
Loss of smell and taste—a hallmark symptom of COVID-19—was not on the minds of a group of Yale School of Medicine researchers when they embarked on a study in the spring of 2020. The scientists, led by Joseph Vinetz, MD, an infectious diseases specialist, were interested to find out...
A significant proportion of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 report a new onset of smell or taste loss. The duration of the chemosensory impairment and predictive factors of recovery are still unclear. We aimed to investigate the prevalence, temporal course and recovery predictors in patients who ...