ReviewJournal of neurochemistry2021
Viral infection and smell loss: The case of COVID-19.
Review in Journal of neurochemistry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.
- Assessing the prevalence of anosmia and taste dysfunction in COVID-19 patients in Saudi Arabia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Stem Cells and Cell-Free Therapies for Olfactory Epithelium Regeneration: Insights from Experimental Models.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Olfactory Development and Dysfunction: Involvement of Microglia.Physiology (Bethesda, Md.) · 2025Review
- Machine learning predictive modeling of the persistence of post-Covid19 disorders: Loss of smell and taste as case studies.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Changes in Structural Covariance among Olfactory-related Brain Regions in Anosmia Patients.Experimental neurobiology · 2024Article
- Unveiling aromas: Virtual reality and scent identification for sensory analysis.Current research in food science · 2024Article
- Aging and Olfactory Training: A Scoping Review.Innovation in aging · 2024Article
- Oral Mucosa in Cancer Patients-Putting the Pieces Together: A Narrative Review and New Perspectives.Cancers · 2023Review
- Identification of Genes Associated with the Impairment of Olfactory and Gustatory Functions in COVID-19 via Machine-Learning Methods.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Pathologic Characteristics of Digestive Tract and Liver in Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019.Gastroenterology clinics of North America · 2023Review
- The immune mechanism of the nasal epithelium in COVID-19-related olfactory dysfunction.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
- Editorial: COVID-19 related olfactory dysfunction: neuropsychiatric, psychological, and cognitive effects.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Exploring the research landscape of COVID-19-induced olfactory dysfunction: A bibliometric study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Review
- Application of artificial intelligence to decode the relationships between smell, olfactory receptors and small molecules.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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- Olfactory impairment in psychiatric disorders: Does nasal inflammation impact disease psychophysiology?Translational psychiatry · 2022Review
- Correlations between Persistent Olfactory and Semantic Memory Disorders after SARS-CoV-2 Infection.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Changes in smell and taste perception related to COVID-19 infection: a case-control study.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Pathogenesis of Olfactory Disorders in COVID-19.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- Food intake and weight loss of surviving inpatients in the course of COVID-19 infection: A longitudinal study of the multicenter NutriCoviD30 cohort.Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) · 2022Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Olfactory disorders have been increasingly reported in individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Losing the sense of smell has a strong impact on the quality of life, since it may lead to malnutrition, weight loss, food poisoning, depression, and exposure to dangerous chemicals. Individuals who suffer from anosmia (inability to smell) also cannot sense the flavor of food, which is a combination of taste and smell. Interestingly, infected individuals have reported sudden loss of smell with no congested nose, as is frequently observed in common colds or other upper respiratory tract infections. These observations suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to olfactory loss through a distinct mechanism, which is still unclear. This article provides an overview of olfactory loss and the recent findings relating to COVID-19. Possible mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2-induced olfactory loss are also discussed.
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