Alteration of Smell and Taste in Asymptomatic and Symptomatic COVID-19 Patients in Sicily, Italy.
Maria Rita BiancoDomenico Michele ModicaGaetano D DragoAlfio AzzolinaGianfranco MattinaMassimo De NataleGiuseppe RossiMarta AmataGaspare CanzoneriGiovanni ManganaroFrancesco Di GregorioRosario RussoSalvatore PricocoVincenzo SaitaEugenia AllegraPublished in: Ear, nose, & throat journal (2020)
These preliminary results indicate that the majority of SARS-Cov-2 positive patients in southern Italy did not require hospitalization and presented with milder symptoms or no symptoms and the alterations in smell and taste occurred.