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Why Does the Omicron Variant Largely Spare Olfactory Function? Implications for the Pathogenesis of Anosmia in Coronavirus Disease 2019( )

The omicron variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 causes much less olfactory dysfunction than the previous variants. There are several potential mechanisms for how omicron may change tissue tropism and spare olfactory function. The new mutations make omicron more hydrophobic and...

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Autores principales: Butowt, Rafal, Bilińska, Katarzyna, von Bartheld, Christopher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9129133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35467743
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiac113