Alterations in Smell or Taste in Mildly Symptomatic Outpatients With SARS-CoV-2 Infection

JAMA. 2020 May 26;323(20):2089-2090. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.6771.

Abstract

This study reports on the prevalence, intensity, and timing of an altered sense of smell or taste in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infections.

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications*
  • Coronavirus Infections / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Olfaction Disorders / etiology*
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / physiopathology
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Smell
  • Taste
  • Taste Disorders / etiology*