Airborne aerosol olfactory deposition contributes to anosmia in COVID-19.

Alan D Workman Aria JafariRoy XiaoBenjamin S Bleier

Published in: PloS one (2021)

Our data experimentally confirm that despite bypassing the majority of the upper airway, small-sized (0.5-5μm) airborne aerosols differentially deposit in significant concentrations within the olfactory epithelium. This provides a compelling aerodynamic mechanism to explain atypical OD in COVID-19.

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