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How COVID-19 causes smell loss

Published 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