Anosmia-hyposmia and dysgeusia in COVID-19 may be due to SARS-CoV-2 protein mimicry of olfactory receptors
Background: Anosmia-hyposmia and dysgeusia are common symptoms of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 cases. They are usually, but not always, reversible and the cause is unknown. Methodology: Proteonomic similarity searching (BLAST) was used to test whether SARS-CoV-2 has an unusual degree of similarity to...
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| Language: | English |
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Stichting NASE
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Rhinology Online |
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| Online Access: | https://www.rhinologyonline.org/Rhinology_online_issues/manuscript_89.pdf |