An Explanation for Reports of Increased Prevalence of Olfactory Dysfunction With Omicron: Asymptomatic Infections

Abstract The prevalence of olfactory dysfunction (OD) in people infected with the Omicron variant is substantially reduced compared with previous variants. However, 4 recent studies reported a greatly increased prevalence of OD with Omicron. We provide a likely explanation for these outlier studies...

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Published inThe Journal of infectious diseases Vol. 229; no. 1; pp. 155 - 160
Main Authors von Bartheld, Christopher S, Wang, Lingchen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Oxford University Press 12.01.2024
Subjects
Asymptomatic Infections - epidemiology
Brief Report
Humans
Olfaction
Olfaction Disorders - epidemiology
Prevalence
COVID-19
meta-analysis
SARS-CoV-2
systematic review
asymptomatic cases
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