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Relationship Between Odor Intensity Estimates and COVID-19 Prevalence Prediction in a Swedish Population
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- Iravani, Behzad (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Arshamian, Artin (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Perception och psykofysik,Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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Ravia, Aharon (author)
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Mishor, Eva (author)
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Snitz, Kobi (author)
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Shushan, Sagit (author)
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Roth, Yehudah (author)
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Perl, Ofer (author)
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Honigstein, Danielle (author)
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Weissgross, Reut (author)
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Karagach, Shiri (author)
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Ernst, Gernot (author)
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Okamoto, Masako (author)
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Mainen, Zachary (author)
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Monteleone, Erminio (author)
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Dinnella, Caterina (author)
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Spinelli, Sara (author)
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Mariño-Sánchez, Franklin (author)
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Ferdenzi, Camille (author)
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Smeets, Monique (author)
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Touhara, Kazushige (author)
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Bensafi, Moustafa (author)
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Hummel, Thomas (author)
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Sobel, Noam (author)
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- Lundström, Johan N. (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- 2020-05-22
- 2020
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In: Chemical Senses. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 0379-864X .- 1464-3553. ; 45:6, s. 449-456
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- In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, countries have implemented various strategies to reduce and slow the spread of the disease in the general population. For countries that have implemented restrictions on its population in a stepwise manner, monitoring of COVID-19 prevalence is of importance to guide the decision on when to impose new, or when to abolish old, restrictions. We are here determining whether measures of odor intensity in a large sample can serve as one such measure. Online measures of how intense common household odors are perceived and symptoms of COVID-19 were collected from 2440 Swedes. Average odor intensity ratings were then compared to predicted COVID-19 population prevalence over time in the Swedish population and were found to closely track each other (r = -0.83). Moreover, we found that there was a large difference in rated intensity between individuals with and without COVID-19 symptoms and the number of symptoms was related to odor intensity ratings. Finally, we found that individuals progressing from reporting no symptoms to subsequently reporting COVID-19 symptoms demonstrated a large drop in olfactory performance. These data suggest that measures of odor intensity, if obtained in a large and representative sample, can be used as an indicator of COVID-19 disease in the general population. Importantly, this simple measure could easily be implemented in countries without widespread access to COVID-19 testing or implemented as a fast early response before widespread testing can be facilitated.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Psychology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- anosmia
- coronavirus
- COVID-19
- olfactory dysfunction
- population prevalence
- Psychology
- psykologi
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Iravani, Behzad
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Arshamian, Artin
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Ravia, Aharon
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Mishor, Eva
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Snitz, Kobi
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Shushan, Sagit
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Roth, Yehudah
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Perl, Ofer
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Honigstein, Dani ...
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Weissgross, Reut
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Karagach, Shiri
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Ernst, Gernot
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Okamoto, Masako
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Mainen, Zachary
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Monteleone, Ermi ...
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Dinnella, Cateri ...
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Spinelli, Sara
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Mariño-Sánchez, ...
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Ferdenzi, Camill ...
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Smeets, Monique
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Touhara, Kazushi ...
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Bensafi, Moustaf ...
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Hummel, Thomas
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Sobel, Noam
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Lundström, Johan ...
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Chemical Senses
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