Epidemiological Observations on the Association Between Anosmia and COVID-19 Infection: Analysis of Data From a Self-Assessment Web Application

Fabrice Denis   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Simon Galmiche   ² , MD ;   Aurélien Dinh   ³ , MD ;   Arnaud Fontanet   ² , MD, PhD ;   Arnaud Scherpereel   ⁴ , MD, PhD ;   Francois Benezit   ⁵ , MD ;   François-Xavier Lescure   ^{6, 7} , MD, PhD

¹ Inter-regional Cancer Institut Jean Bernard, Le Mans, France

² Emerging Diseases Epidemiology Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

³ Service de maladies infectieuses et tropicales, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Garches, France

⁴ Service de pneumologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France

⁵ Service de maladies infectieuses et réanimation médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes Pointchaillou, Rennes, France

⁶ Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, Bichat-Claude Bernard University Hospital and University of Paris, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

⁷ Team DesCID, Infection, Antimicrobials, Modelling, Evolution - U1137, French Institute for Health and Medical Research, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, Paris, France