The science behind COVID’s assault on smell

Elie Dolgin

Nature, 2022, vol. 606, issue 7915, S5-S6

Abstract: The loss of the sense of smell has been a hallmark symptom of COVID-19. The mechanisms behind SARS-CoV-2’s ability to interfere with this sense — as well as why variants such as Omicron do so less frequently — are becoming clearer.

Keywords: Sensory systems; Infection; Neuroscience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-022-01627-w

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