DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18203/issn.2454-2156.IntJSciRep20203555
Published: 2020-08-20

Olfactory and taste disorders in COVID-19 patients: an update

Mohd Abu Bashar, Nazia Begam

Abstract


Since December 2019, a pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread globally. A spectrum of disease severity has been reported for the infection, with main symptoms of fever, fatigue, dry cough, myalgia, and dyspnoea.

Keywords


COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Olfactory

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