Olfactory Dysfunction in Patients With Mild COVID-19 During Gamma, Delta, and Omicron Waves in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cynthia Chester Cardoso; Átila Duque Rossi; Rafael Mello Galliez; Débora Souza Faffe; Amilcar Tanuri; Terezinha Marta Pereira Pinto Castiñeiras

doi:10.1001/jama.2022.11006

Olfactory Dysfunction in Patients With Mild COVID-19 During Gamma, Delta, and Omicron Waves in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

JAMA. 2022 Aug 9;328(6):582-583. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.11006.

Authors

Cynthia Chester Cardoso¹, Átila Duque Rossi¹, Rafael Mello Galliez², Débora Souza Faffe³, Amilcar Tanuri¹, Terezinha Marta Pereira Pinto Castiñeiras²

Affiliations

¹ Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
² Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
³ Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Abstract

This study uses data obtained through an updated version of the Brazilian National Health System Questionnaire for COVID-19 to assess olfactory dysfunction in patients with mild COVID-19 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

MeSH terms

Brazil / epidemiology
COVID-19* / complications
COVID-19* / epidemiology
COVID-19* / genetics
COVID-19* / virology
Humans
Olfaction Disorders* / epidemiology
Olfaction Disorders* / etiology
SARS-CoV-2*

Supplementary concepts

SARS-CoV-2 variants