The best COVID-19 predictor is recent smell loss: a cross-sectional study

Gerkin RC, Ohla K, Veldhuizen MG, Joseph PV, Kelly CE, Bakke AJ, Steele KE, Farruggia MC, Pellegrino R, Pepino MY, Bouysset C, Soler GM, Pereda-Loth V, Dibattista M, Cooper KW, Croijmans I, Di Pizio A, Ozdener MH, Fjaeldstad AW, Lin C, Sandell MA, Singh PB, Brindha VE, Olsson SB, Saraiva LR, Ahuja G, Alwashahi MK, Bhutani S, D’Errico A, Fornazieri MA, Golebiowski J, Hwang L, Öztürk L, Roura E, Spinelli S, Whitcroft KL, Faraji F, Fischmeister FP, Heinbockel T, Hsieh JW, Huart C, Konstantinidis I, Menini A, Morini G, Olofsson JK, Philpott CM, Pierron D, Shields VD, Voznessenskaya VV, Albayay J, Altundag A, Bensafi M, Bock MA, Calcinoni O, Fredborg W, Laudamiel C, Lim J, Lundström JN, Macchi A, Meyer P, Moein ST, Santamaría E, Sengupta D, Dominguez PR, Yanik H, GCCR Group Author, Hummel T, Hayes JE, Reed DR, Niv MY, Munger SD, Parma V, Non-byline authors (to be listed as collaborators in PubMed under the GCCR Group Author).

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DOI: 10.1101/2020.07.22.20157263
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@article{allodium:10.1101/2020.07.22.20157263,
  title = {The best COVID-19 predictor is recent smell loss: a cross-sectional study},
  author = {Gerkin RC and  Ohla K and  Veldhuizen MG and  Joseph PV and  Kelly CE and  Bakke AJ and  Steele KE and  Farruggia MC and  Pellegrino R and  Pepino MY and  Bouysset C and  Soler GM and  Pereda-Loth V and  Dibattista M and  Cooper KW and  Croijmans I and  Di Pizio A and  Ozdener MH and  Fjaeldstad AW and  Lin C and  Sandell MA and  Singh PB and  Brindha VE and  Olsson SB and  Saraiva LR and  Ahuja G and  Alwashahi MK and  Bhutani S and  D’Errico A and  Fornazieri MA and  Golebiowski J and  Hwang L and  Öztürk L and  Roura E and  Spinelli S and  Whitcroft KL and  Faraji F and  Fischmeister FP and  Heinbockel T and  Hsieh JW and  Huart C and  Konstantinidis I and  Menini A and  Morini G and  Olofsson JK and  Philpott CM and  Pierron D and  Shields VD and  Voznessenskaya VV and  Albayay J and  Altundag A and  Bensafi M and  Bock MA and  Calcinoni O and  Fredborg W and  Laudamiel C and  Lim J and  Lundström JN and  Macchi A and  Meyer P and  Moein ST and  Santamaría E and  Sengupta D and  Dominguez PR and  Yanik H and  GCCR Group Author and  Hummel T and  Hayes JE and  Reed DR and  Niv MY and  Munger SD and  Parma V and  Non-byline authors (to be listed as collaborators in PubMed under the GCCR Group Author).},
  year = {2020},
  doi = {10.1101/2020.07.22.20157263},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.22.20157263}
}

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AU  -  Lin C
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AU  -  Singh PB
AU  -  Brindha VE
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AU  -  Ahuja G
AU  -  Alwashahi MK
AU  -  Bhutani S
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RC, G., K, O., MG, V., PV, J., CE, K., AJ, B., KE, S., MC, F., R, P., MY, P., C, B., GM, S., V, P., M, D., KW, C., I, C., A, D. P., MH, O., AW, F., C, L., MA, S., PB, S., VE, B., SB, O., LR, S., G, A., MK, A., S, B., A, D., MA, F., J, G., L, H., L, Ö., E, R., S, S., KL, W., F, F., FP, F., T, H., JW, H., C, H., I, K., A, M., G, M., JK, O., CM, P., D, P., VD, S., VV, V., J, A., A, A., M, B., MA, B., O, C., W, F., C, L., J, L., JN, L., A, M., P, M., ST, M., E, S., D, S., PR, D., H, Y., Author, G. G., T, H., JE, H., DR, R., MY, N., SD, M., V, P., & Author)., N. A. (. B. L. A. C. I. P. U. T. G. G. (2020). The best COVID-19 predictor is recent smell loss: a cross-sectional study. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.22.20157263

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