ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2022
SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Taste Alteration: An Overview.
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- Interactions between taste and oral microbiome: mechanisms and implications for oral and systemic diseases.Journal of oral microbiology · 2026Review
- Homoeriodictyol, targeting the bitter taste receptor TAS2R14, lowers the secretion of pro-inflammatory chemokines upon treatment with SARS-CoV-2 peptide pools in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Oral health, smoking status, and oral manifestations of adult patients with SARS-CoV-2 during the Omicron outbreak in China: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Unveiling the Oral Lesions, Dysgeusia and Osteonecrosis Related to COVID-19: A Comprehensive Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Post COVID-19 and Long COVID Symptoms in Otorhinolaryngology-A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Long COVID: From olfactory dysfunctions to viral Parkinsonism.World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2024Article
- Estimating the prevalence of oral manifestations in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review.Osong public health and research perspectives · 2023Article
- COVID-19 and Oral Lichen Planus: Between an "Intriguing Plot" and the "Fata Morgana Effect".Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Monkeypox: A New Challenge for Global Health System?Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The Revived Interest in Ageusia Research during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Bibliometric Analysis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Late onset and persistent parosmia and dysgeusia as neurosensorial complication by the SARS virus COV 2.Otolaryngology case reports · 2023Article
- Loss of Sour Taste Is the Striking Feature among Four Basic Taste Qualities in Tunisian COVID-19 Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Post-Viral Olfactory Loss: What We Learned from the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Since the worldwide spread of SARS-CoV-2 infection, the management of COVID-19 has been a challenge for healthcare professionals. Although the respiratory system has primarily been affected with symptoms ranging from mild pneumonia to acute respiratory distress syndrome, other organs or systems have also been targets of the virus. The mouth represents an important route of entry for SARS-CoV-2. Cells in the oral epithelium, taste buds, and minor and major salivary glands express cellular entry factors for the virus, such as ACE2, TMPRSS2 and Furin. This leads to symptoms such as deterioration of taste, salivary dysfunction, mucosal ulcers, before systemic manifestation of the disease. In this review we report and discuss the prevalence and socio-demographics of taste disturbances in COVID-19 patients, analysing the current international data. Importantly, we also take stock of the various hypothesized pathogenetic mechanisms and their impact on the reported symptoms. The literature indicated that COVID-19 patients frequently present with gustatory dysfunction, whose prevalence varies by country, age and sex. Furthermore, this dysfunction also has a variable duration in relation to the severity of the disease. The pathogenetic action is intricately linked to viral action which can be expressed in several ways. However, in many cases these are only hypotheses that need further confirmation.
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