ArticleJournal of medical virology2021
COVID-19 sniffer dog experimental training: Which protocol and which implications for reliable sidentification?
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- Sniffing out safety: canine detection and identification of SARS-CoV-2 infection from armpit sweat.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
- The Use of Biological Sensors and Instrumental Analysis to Discriminate COVID-19 Odor Signatures.Biosensors · 2022Article
- Canine real-time detection of SARS-CoV-2 infections in the context of a mass screening event.BMJ global health · 2022Article
- In search of COVID-19: The ability of biodetection canines to detect COVID-19 odours from clinical samples.Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada · 2022Article
- Extensive Connections of the Canine Olfactory Pathway Revealed by Tractography and Dissection.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022Article
- Expert considerations and consensus for using dogs to detect human SARS-CoV-2-infections.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- The Use and Potential of Biomedical Detection Dogs During a Disease Outbreak.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Review
- Diagnostic accuracy of non-invasive detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection by canine olfaction.PloS one · 2022Article
- COVID-19 sniffer dog experimental training: Which protocol and which implications for reliable sidentification?Journal of medical virology · 2021Article
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Abstract
The introduction of trained sniffer dogs for COVID-19 detection could be an opportunity, as previously described for other diseases. Dogs could be trained to detect volatile organic compounds (VOCs), the whiff of COVID-19. Dogs involved in the study were three, one male and two females from different breeds, Black German Shepherd, German Shepherd, and Dutch Shepherd. The training was performed using sweat samples from SARS-CoV2 positive patients and from SARS-Cov2 free patients admitted at the University Hospital Campus Bio-medico of Rome. Gauze with sweat was collected in a glass jar with a metal top and put in metal boxes used for dog training. The dog training protocol was performed in two phases: the olfactory conditioning and the olfactory discrimination research. The training planning was focused on the switch moment for the sniffer dog, the moment when the dog was able to identify VOCs specific for COVID-19. At this time, the dog was able to identify VOCs specific for COVID-19 with significant reliability, in terms of the number of correct versus incorrect (p < 0.0001) reporting. In conclusion, this protocol could provide a useful tool for sniffer dogs' training and their introduction in a mass screening context. It could be cheaper and faster than a conventional testing method.
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