TY - JOUR AU - Makaronidis, Janine AU - Firman, Chloe AU - Magee, Cormac G. AU - Mok, Jessica AU - Balogun, Nyaladzi AU - Lechner, Matt AU - Carnemolla, Alisia AU - Batterham, Rachel L. PY - 2021 DA - 2021/02/25 TI - Distorted chemosensory perception and female sex associate with persistent smell and/or taste loss in people with SARS-CoV-2 antibodies: a community based cohort study investigating clinical course and resolution of acute smell and/or taste loss in people with and without SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in London, UK JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 221 VL - 21 IS - 1 AB - Loss of smell and/or taste are cardinal symptoms of COVID-19. ‘Long-COVID’, persistence of symptoms, affects around one fifth of people. However, data regarding the clinical resolution of loss of smell and/or taste are lacking. In this study we assess smell and taste loss resolution at 4–6 week follow-up, aim to identify risk factors for persistent smell loss and describe smell loss as a feature of long-COVID in a community cohort in London with known SARS-CoV-2 IgG/IgM antibody status. We also compare subjective and objective smell assessments in a subset of participants. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-05927-w DO - 10.1186/s12879-021-05927-w ID - Makaronidis2021 ER -