Loss of senses of smell, taste could identify COVID-19 carriers

Loss of senses of smell, taste could identify COVID-19 carriers
Loss of senses of smell, taste could identify COVID-19 carriers

A global team of more than 500 researchers, including many experts in smell and taste perception, is investigating the abrupt loss of smell and taste – called anosmia and hypogeusia, respectively – in association with COVID-19 and whether these symptoms could help predict patients who may have the disease and could be at risk of being contagious.

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