Sensory Disturbances in Pandemics
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Infectious Disease Epidemiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2021) | Viewed by 528
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomedical engineering; sensory analysis; artificial senses; sensors; electronic nose; wearable systems; health; e-health; telemedicine; neuroscience
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Interests: sensors; wearable systems; signal processing; artificial intelligence; health; neuroscience
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
COVID-19 is dramatically affecting the quality of life of people worldwide, from both clinical and socio-economic points of view. Its global prevalence is continuously increasing and, until a vaccine is developed, the pandemic will remain a threat for the entire worldwide population. Considering this, recognizing early signs possibly related to pandemics is of paramount importance in order to decrease as much as possible the impact of COVID-19 and related conditions on human health.
Among such early signs, chemosensory modifications have gained importance in recent weeks, and national and international regulatory bodies are taking them into account in an unprecedented manner. The rationale for such involvement is not yet clear, even though the inflammatory mechanisms related to the cytokine storm occurring due to the SARS-CoV-2 infection could partially explain such occurrences.
Therefore, the aim of this Special Issue is to collect original articles, reviews, commentaries, and other scientific products about this topic, in order to represent a useful repository, also taking advantage of the journal’s open-access policy to share advances in this specific field, possibly attracting a wide audience setting the foundations for further studies related to future pandemics with similar characteristics to COVID-19.
Dr. Alessandro Tonacci
Dr. Lucia Billeci
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- COVID-19
- Pandemics
- Sensory disturbances
- Olfaction
- Smell
- Taste
- Anosmia
- Ageusia
- Environment
- Physiological signals
