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cord-287094-73o7xxgt	Lechien, Jerome R.	In Reference to Anosmia and Ageusia: Common Findings in COVID‐19 Patients	2020-06-30		.txt	text/plain	591	48	45	1 The authors observed that 19.4% of paucisymptomatic COVID-19 patients have fever, anosmia, and ageusia, which was previously reported in only 1 Asian study. 2 We agree about the importance to consider these symptoms in the COVID-19 infection but, regarding our European multicenter study investigating the prevalence of olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions in COVID-19 patients, 3 we believe that the prevalence is significantly higher than reported by Vaira et al. Based on the evaluation of 417 hospitalized or confined mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients (RT-PCR+), we found that 85.6% and 88.0% of patients reported olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions, respectively. 3 Based on an old publication investigating the olfactory disorder in upper respiratory viral infection, 6 authors suggested that the olfactory dysfunction may be related to direct damage by the virus on the olfactory receptors. Olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions as a clinical presentation of mild to moderate forms of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19): a multicenter European study	./cache/cord-287094-73o7xxgt.txt	./txt/cord-287094-73o7xxgt.txt