Long-term taste and smell outcomes after COVID-19

JAMA Network Open

2024-04-23

(Press-News.org) About The Study: Taste dysfunction as measured objectively was absent one year after exposure to COVID-19 while some smell loss remained in nearly one-third of individuals with this exposure, likely explaining taste complaints of many individuals with post–COVID-19 condition in this study of 340 individuals with and 434 individuals without prior COVID-19. Infection with earlier untyped and Alpha variants was associated with the greatest degree of smell loss.

Authors: Shima T. Moein, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.

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