Anosmia as an early symptom in patients with COVID-19

Anosmia as an early symptom in patients with COVID-19

Alex Stiven Huamán Navarro, Juliana Aparcana Machado

From the time of knowledge of the outbreak appearance in mid-December 2019 due to the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in the city of Wuhan, China, epidemiologic and clinical studies have been developing to best define the symptomatology of the disease from coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). However, within some significant reports, we have been informed that one of the initial symptoms of this disease can also be alterations in smell and taste (30 and 60% in the Korean and German series, respectively).

2020

10.25176/RFMH.v20i3.2949

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana

Universidad Ricardo Palma

Medicine, Medicine (General)