COVID-19–related anosmia is associated with viral persistence and inflammation in human olfactory epithelium and brain infection in hamsters

Dias de Melo, Guilherme; Lazarini, Françoise; Levallois, Sylvain; Hautefort, Charlotte; Michel, Vincent; Larrous, Florence; Verillaud, Benjamin; Aparicio, Caroline; Wagner, Sebastien; Gheusi, Gilles; Kergoat, Lauriane; Kornobis, Etienne; Donati, Flora; Cokelaer, Thomas; Hervochon, Rémi; Madec, Yoann; Roze, Emmanuel; Salmon, Dominique; Bourhy, Hervé; Lecuit, Marc; Lledo, Pierre-Marie

doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.abf8396

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COVID-19–related anosmia is associated with viral persistence and inflammation in human olfactory epithelium and brain infection in hamsters

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Authors:

Guilherme Dias de Melo

Françoise Lazarini

Sylvain Levallois

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 infects the olfactory epithelium of hamsters and humans and persists in it in individuals with COVID-19 for several months after infection.

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