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cord-329290-vqvujry3	Kempker, Russell R	Loss of Smell and Taste Among Healthcare Personnel Screened for Coronavirus 2019	2020-06-28		.txt	text/plain	1907	90	55	HCP with symptoms consistent with a viral-like illness were triaged to the employee health services staff for a virtual clinical assessment and then scheduled for SARS-CoV-2 testing. HCP with a positive SARS-CoV-2 test compared with those with a negative test had a higher mean number of symptoms and were more likely to have reported fever, chills, myalgia, and loss of smell or taste (Table 1 ). We are the first to evaluate the sensitivity of loss of smell and taste in distinguishing symptomatic HCP with and without a positive SARS-CoV-2 test and support their recent inclusion to the list of symptoms associated with COVID-19 provided by the CDC [4] . The high specificity and positive predictive value of loss of smell and/or taste for a positive SARS-CoV-2 test in our cohort highlights the utility of including these symptoms in COVID-19 screening algorithms.	./cache/cord-329290-vqvujry3.txt	./txt/cord-329290-vqvujry3.txt