How COVID-19 causes smell loss
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Jul 24 2020 at 10:10 AM GMT
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- Loss of smell, or anosmia, is one of the earliest and most commonly reported symptoms of COVID-19.
- A new study identifies the olfactory cell types most vulnerable to infection by the novel coronavirus.
- Surprisingly, sensory neurons involved in smell are not among the vulnerable cell types.
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- Published Jul 24, 2020 10:10 AM GMT