Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19)–related smell and taste impairment with widespread diffusion of severe acute respiratory syndrome–coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) Omicron variant

• Published in: International forum of allergy & rhinology Vol. 12; no. 10; pp. 1273 - 1281
• Main Authors: Boscolo‐Rizzo, Paolo, Tirelli, Giancarlo, Meloni, Pierluigi, Hopkins, Claire, Madeddu, Giordano, De Vito, Andrea, Gardenal, Nicoletta, Valentinotti, Romina, Tofanelli, Margherita, Borsetto, Daniele, Lechien, Jerome R., Polesel, Jerry, De Riu, Giacomo, Vaira, Luigi Angelo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.10.2022; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Chemoreception; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Olfaction; Olfaction disorders; olfactory dysfunction; Omicron variant; Original; Patients; SARS‐CoV‐2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; smell; Taste; COVID-19; Omicron variant; SARS-CoV-2; olfactory dysfunction; smell; taste

Background The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of self‐reported chemosensory dysfunction in a study cohort of subjects who developed a mild‐to‐moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) in the period from January 17, 2022, to February 4, 2022 (Omicron proxy period) and compared th...