Use of trained scent dogs for detection of COVID-19 and evidence of cost-saving

Authors: Leon Mutesa, Gashegu Misbah, Eric Remera, Hans Ebbers, Esther Schalke, Patrick Tuyisenge, Reuben Sindayiheba, Clement Igiraneza, Jeanine Uwimana, Diane Mbabazi, Epimaque Kayonga, Michel Twagiramungu, Denyse Mugwaneza, Leandre Ishema, Yvan Butera, Clarisse Musanabaganwa, Edson Rwagasore, Friederike Twele, Sebastian Meller, Albert Tuyishime, Robert Rutayisire, Marilyn Milumbu Murindahabi, Lindsay A. Wilson, Noella Bigirimana, Holger A. Volk, Vedaste Ndahindwa, Benoit Kayijuka, Edward J. Mills, Claude Mambo Muvunyi, Sabin Nsanzimana

Source: Frontiers in Medicine, Vol 9 (2022)

Subject Terms: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), scent dogs, RT-PCR, cost-saving, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.1006315/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2296-858X

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Expert considerations and consensus for using dogs to detect human SARS-CoV-2-infections

Authors: Sebastian Meller, Maryam Sultan Ali Al Khatri, Hamad Khatir Alhammadi, Guadalupe Álvarez, Guillaume Alvergnat, Lêucio Câmara Alves, Chris Callewaert, Charles G. B. Caraguel, Paula Carancci, Anne-Lise Chaber, Marios Charalambous, Loïc Desquilbet, Hans Ebbers, Janek Ebbers, Dominique Grandjean, Claire Guest, Hugues Guyot, Anna Hielm-Björkman, Amy Hopkins, Lothar Kreienbrock, James G. Logan, Hector Lorenzo, Rita de Cassia Carvalho Maia, Juan M. Mancilla-Tapia, Fernando O. Mardones, Leon Mutesa, Sabin Nsanzimana, Cynthia M. Otto, Marília Salgado-Caxito, Florencia de los Santos, Jeine Emanuele Santos da Silva, Esther Schalke, Clara Schoneberg, Anísio Francisco Soares, Friederike Twele, Victor Manuel Vidal-Martínez, Ariel Zapata, Natalia Zimin-Veselkoff, Holger A. Volk

Source: Frontiers in Medicine, Vol 9 (2022)

Subject Terms: canine detection, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19, test system, pandemic control, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.1015620/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2296-858X

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Canine real-time detection of SARS-CoV-2 infections in the context of a mass screening event

Authors: Holger Andreas Volk, Tobias Welte, Claudia Schulz, Andreas Nitsche, Thomas Illig, Lothar Kreienbrock, Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede, Michael Peter Manns, Nele Alexandra ten Hagen, Friederike Twele, Sebastian Meller, Lisa Wijnen, Clara Schoneberg, Albert Osterhaus, Anna-Lena Boeck, Konstantin Boeck, Viktoria Bonda, Veronika Pilchová, Franziska Karola Kaiser, Mariana Gonzalez Hernandez, Hans Ebbers, Julia Hinsenkamp, Isabell Pink, Nora Drick, Andreas Puyskens, Christiane Ernst, Michael Engels, Esther Schalke

Source: BMJ Global Health, Vol 7, Iss 11 (2022)

Subject Terms: Medicine (General), R5-920, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://gh.bmj.com/content/7/11/e010276.full; https://doaj.org/toc/2059-7908

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Scent dog identification of SARS-CoV-2 infections in different body fluids

Authors: Paula Jendrny, Friederike Twele, Sebastian Meller, Claudia Schulz, Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede, Albertus Dominicus Marcellinus Eras Osterhaus, Hans Ebbers, Janek Ebbers, Veronika Pilchová, Isabell Pink, Tobias Welte, Michael Peter Manns, Anahita Fathi, Marylyn Martina Addo, Christiane Ernst, Wencke Schäfer, Michael Engels, Anja Petrov, Katharina Marquart, Ulrich Schotte, Esther Schalke, Holger Andreas Volk

Source: BMC Infectious Diseases, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2021)

Subject Terms: SARS-CoV-2, Volatile organic compounds, Scent detection dogs, Saliva, Urine, Sweat, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216

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Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2334

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Detection of Post-COVID-19 Patients Using Medical Scent Detection Dogs—A Pilot Study

Authors: Friederike Twele, Nele Alexandra ten Hagen, Sebastian Meller, Claudia Schulz, Albert Osterhaus, Paula Jendrny, Hans Ebbers, Isabell Pink, Nora Drick, Tobias Welte, Esther Schalke, Holger Andreas Volk

Source: Frontiers in Medicine, Vol 9 (2022)

Subject Terms: SARS-CoV-2, scent detection dogs, Long COVID, volatile organic compound (VOC), COVID-19, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.877259/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2296-858X

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Discrimination of SARS-CoV-2 Infections From Other Viral Respiratory Infections by Scent Detection Dogs

Authors: Nele Alexandra ten Hagen, Friederike Twele, Sebastian Meller, Paula Jendrny, Claudia Schulz, Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede, Ab Osterhaus, Hans Ebbers, Isabell Pink, Tobias Welte, Michael Peter Manns, Thomas Illig, Anahita Fathi, Marylyn Martina Addo, Andreas Nitsche, Andreas Puyskens, Janine Michel, Eva Krause, Rosina Ehmann, Albrecht von Brunn, Christiane Ernst, Katrin Zwirglmaier, Roman Wölfel, Alexandra Nau, Eva Philipp, Michael Engels, Esther Schalke, Holger Andreas Volk

Source: Frontiers in Medicine, Vol 8 (2021)

Subject Terms: canine, volatile organic compound (VOC), COVID-19, screening test, coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, Medicine (General), R5-920

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Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.749588/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2296-858X

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