Self-reported and clinically identified loss of smell and taste among persons tested for COVID-19 in Chennai, southern India, July-August 2020: A cross sectional study

• Main Authors: Kathiresan Jeyashree (Author), Mohankumar Raju (Author), Manickam Ponnaiah (Author), Sendhilkumar Muthappan (Author), Amanda G.A. Rozario (Author), Rose Raichel (Author), W. Lydia Jeris (Author), Raman R. Gangakhedkar (Author), Manoj V. Murhekar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Early detection of symptoms of loss of smell and taste lately added for Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has the potential for improving pandemic response. In the Indian context, we compared proportion experiencing new loss of smell or taste among COVID-19 positive and negative indivi...