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Rhinology. 2020 Apr 22. doi: 10.4193/Rhin20.140. [Epub ahead of print]
Anosmia as a prominent symptom of COVID-19 infection.
Heidari F[SUP]1[/SUP], Karimi E[SUP]1[/SUP], Firouzifar M[SUP]1[/SUP], Khamushian P[SUP]2[/SUP], Ansari R[SUP]1[/SUP], Mohammadi Ardehali M[SUP]1[/SUP], Heidari F[SUP]1[/SUP].
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Abstract
According to WHO recommendations, everyone must protect themselves against Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which will also protect others. Due to the lack of current effective treatment and vaccine for COVID-19, screening, rapid diagnosis and isolation of the patients are essential (1, 2). Therefore, identifying the early symptoms of COVID-19 is of particular importance and is a health system priority. Early studies from COVID-19 outbreak in China have illustrated several non-specific signs and symptoms in infected patients, including fever, dry cough, dyspnea, myalgia, fatigue, lymphopenia, and radiographic evidence of pneumonia (3, 4). Recently, a probability of association between COVID-19 and altered olfactory function has been reported in South Korea, Iran, Italy, France, UK and the United States (5-8). However, to our knowledge, the definite association between COVID-19 and anosmia has not been published.
PMID:32319971DOI:10.4193/Rhin20.140
Anosmia as a prominent symptom of COVID-19 infection.
Heidari F[SUP]1[/SUP], Karimi E[SUP]1[/SUP], Firouzifar M[SUP]1[/SUP], Khamushian P[SUP]2[/SUP], Ansari R[SUP]1[/SUP], Mohammadi Ardehali M[SUP]1[/SUP], Heidari F[SUP]1[/SUP].
Author information
Abstract
According to WHO recommendations, everyone must protect themselves against Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which will also protect others. Due to the lack of current effective treatment and vaccine for COVID-19, screening, rapid diagnosis and isolation of the patients are essential (1, 2). Therefore, identifying the early symptoms of COVID-19 is of particular importance and is a health system priority. Early studies from COVID-19 outbreak in China have illustrated several non-specific signs and symptoms in infected patients, including fever, dry cough, dyspnea, myalgia, fatigue, lymphopenia, and radiographic evidence of pneumonia (3, 4). Recently, a probability of association between COVID-19 and altered olfactory function has been reported in South Korea, Iran, Italy, France, UK and the United States (5-8). However, to our knowledge, the definite association between COVID-19 and anosmia has not been published.
PMID:32319971DOI:10.4193/Rhin20.140