Reply to: It is necessary to assess olfactory and gustatory functions in post-COVID-19 patients due to the omicron variant infection

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, Section of Otolaryngology, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
• ² Smell & Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
• ³ INSPIRE LAB-Laboratory of Cognitive and Psychophysiological Olfactory Processes, DiSTeBA, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy.
• ⁴ Department of Neurosciences, Section of Otolaryngology, University of Padova, Treviso, Italy.
• ⁵ Department of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, Maxillofacial Surgery Operative Unit, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
• ⁶ Department of Anatomy and Experimental Oncology, Mons School of Medicine, UMONS. Research Institute for Health Sciences and Technology, University of Mons (UMons), Mons, Belgium.
• ⁷ Neurobiology Group, SISSA, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste, Italy.
• ⁸ Ear, Nose and Throat Department, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, UK.