Olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions in COVID-19. First reports of Latin-American ethnic patients

Carlos M Chiesa-Estomba; Jerome R Lechien; Patricia Portillo-Mazal; Federico Martínez; Jesús Cuauro-Sanchez; Christian Calvo-Henriquez; Sven Saussez

doi:10.1016/j.amjoto.2020.102605

Olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions in COVID-19. First reports of Latin-American ethnic patients

Am J Otolaryngol. 2020 Sep-Oct;41(5):102605. doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2020.102605. Epub 2020 Jun 6.

Authors

Carlos M Chiesa-Estomba¹, Jerome R Lechien², Patricia Portillo-Mazal³, Federico Martínez⁴, Jesús Cuauro-Sanchez⁵, Christian Calvo-Henriquez⁶, Sven Saussez⁷

Affiliations

¹ Task Force COVID-19 of the Young-Otolaryngologists of the International Federations of Oto-rhino-laryngological Societies (YO-IFOS); Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain. Electronic address: carlosmiguel.chiesaestomba@osakidetza.eus.
² Task Force COVID-19 of the Young-Otolaryngologists of the International Federations of Oto-rhino-laryngological Societies (YO-IFOS); Department of Human Anatomy and Experimental Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, UMONS Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, University of Mons (UMons), Mons, Belgium; Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Foch Hospital, School of Medicine, UFR Simone Veil, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (Paris Saclay University), Paris, France; Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, CHU de Bruxelles, CHU Saint-Pierre, School of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
³ Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁴ Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Masiel, Montevideo, Uruguay.
⁵ Department of Respiratory Diseases, Clínica Siatea, San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela.
⁶ Task Force COVID-19 of the Young-Otolaryngologists of the International Federations of Oto-rhino-laryngological Societies (YO-IFOS); Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Complex of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
⁷ Task Force COVID-19 of the Young-Otolaryngologists of the International Federations of Oto-rhino-laryngological Societies (YO-IFOS); Department of Human Anatomy and Experimental Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, UMONS Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, University of Mons (UMons), Mons, Belgium; Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, CHU de Bruxelles, CHU Saint-Pierre, School of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

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Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / complications
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Hispanic or Latino*
Humans
Morbidity / trends
Olfaction Disorders / ethnology*
Olfaction Disorders / etiology
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / complications
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2
Smell / physiology*
Taste / physiology*
Taste Disorders / etiology*
United States / epidemiology