Lessons learned 1 year after SARS-CoV-2 emergence leading to COVID-19 pandemic

KKW To, S Sridhar, KHY Chiu, DLL Hung… - Emerging microbes & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Without modern medical management and vaccines, the severity of the Coronavirus
Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) …

Neuromuscular presentations in patients with COVID-19

VK Paliwal, RK Garg, A Gupta, N Tejan - Neurological Sciences, 2020 - Springer
COVID-19 is caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that has an affinity for neural tissue.
There are reports of encephalitis, encephalopathy, cranial neuropathy, Guillain-Barrè …

Post-viral effects of COVID-19 in the olfactory system and their implications

MS Xydakis, MW Albers, EH Holbrook… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The mechanisms by which any upper respiratory virus, including SARS-CoV-2,
impairs chemosensory function are not known. COVID-19 is frequently associated with …

Prevalence of chemosensory dysfunction in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis reveals significant ethnic differences

CS von Bartheld, MM Hagen… - ACS chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A significant proportion of people who test positive for COVID-19 have chemosensory
deficits. However, the reported prevalence of these deficits in smell and taste varies widely …

Olfactory dysfunction in aging and neurodegenerative diseases

X Dan, N Wechter, S Gray, JG Mohanty… - Ageing research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Alterations in olfactory functions are proposed to be early biomarkers for neurodegeneration.
Many neurodegenerative diseases are age-related, including two of the most common …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infects and damages the mature and immature olfactory sensory neurons of hamsters

AJ Zhang, ACY Lee, H Chu, JFW Chan… - Clinical infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is primarily an acute respiratory
tract infection. Distinctively, a substantial proportion of COVID-19 patients develop olfactory …

Replication, pathogenicity, and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in minks

L Shuai, G Zhong, Q Yuan, Z Wen… - National Science …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Minks are raised in many countries and have transmitted severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to humans. However, the biologic properties of SARS-CoV-2 in …

Understanding the immunologic characteristics of neurologic manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 and potential immunological mechanisms

S Mohammadi, F Moosaie, MH Aarabi - Molecular neurobiology, 2020 - Springer
Similar to its predecessors, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) exhibits neurotrophic
properties, which lead to progression of neurologic sequelae. Besides direct viral invasion to …

The D614G virus mutation enhances anosmia in COVID-19 patients: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies from South Asia

CS von Bartheld, MM Hagen… - ACS chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The prevalence of chemosensory dysfunction in patients with COVID-19 varies greatly
between populations. It is unclear whether such differences are due to factors at the level of …

RETRACTED AND REPLACED: Taste loss as a distinct symptom of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ME Hannum, RJ Koch, VA Ramirez, SS Marks… - Chemical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Chemosensory scientists have been skeptical that reports of COVID-19 taste loss are
genuine, in part because before COVID-19 taste loss was rare and often confused with smell …