Science Translational Medicine· 2021Q1

COVID-19–related anosmia is associated with viral persistence and inflammation in human olfactory epithelium and brain infection in hamsters

Guilherme Dias de Melo, Françoise Lazarini, Sylvain Levallois, Charlotte Hautefort et al.

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SARS-CoV-2 infection persists in the olfactory neuroepithelium, causing inflammation and anosmia in patients and hamsters.

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