Scent dog identification of samples from COVID-19 patients - a pilot study.
Paula JendrnyClaudia SchulzFriederike TweleSebastian MellerMaren von Köckritz-BlickwedeAlbertus Dominicus Marcellinus Erasmus OsterhausJanek EbbersVeronika PilchováIsabell PinkTobias WelteMichael Peter MannsAnahita FathiChristiane ErnstMarylyn Martina AddoEsther SchalkeHolger Andreas VolkPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2020)
These preliminary findings indicate that trained detection dogs can identify respiratory secretion samples from hospitalised and clinically diseased SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals by discriminating between samples from SARS-CoV-2 infected patients and negative controls. This data may form the basis for the reliable screening method of SARS-CoV-2 infected people.