Acute onset olfactory/taste disorders are associated with a high viral burden in mild or asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections | Zendy

Kensuke Nakagawara | Zendy; Katsunori Masaki | Zendy; Yoshifumi Uwamino | Zendy; Hiroki Kabata | Zendy; Sho Uchida | Zendy; Shunsuke Uno | Zendy; Takanori Asakura | Zendy; Takeru Funakoshi | Zendy; Sho Kanzaki | Zendy; Makoto Ishii | Zendy; Naoki Hasegawa | Zendy; Koichi Fukunaga | Zendy

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Acute onset olfactory/taste disorders are associated with a high viral burden in mild or asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections

Author(s) -

Kensuke Nakagawara,

Katsunori Masaki,

Yoshifumi Uwamino,

Hiroki Kabata,

Sho Uchida,

Shunsuke Uno,

Takanori Asakura,

Takeru Funakoshi,

Sho Kanzaki,

Makoto Ishii,

Naoki Hasegawa,

Koichi Fukunaga

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.07.034

Subject(s) - asymptomatic , covid-19 , medicine , taste , anosmia , virology , viral load , immunology , virus , biology , food science , disease , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)

This study investigated, using cycle threshold (Ct) qPCR values, the association between symptoms and viral clearance in 57 patients with asymptomatic/mild SARS-CoV-2 infection. Patients with olfactory/taste disorders (OTDs) exhibited lower qPCR Ct values and longer time to negative qPCR than those without OTDs, suggesting an association between OTDs and high viral burden.

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