Scent dog identification of samples from COVID-19 patients – a pilot study

Jendrny, Paula; Schulz, Claudia; Twele, Friederike; Meller, Sebastian; von Köckritz‐Blickwede, Maren; Dominicus Marcellinus Eras Osterhaus, Albertus; Ebbers, Janek; Pilchová, Veronika; Pink, Isabell; Welte, Tobias; P. Manns, Michael; Fathi, Anahita; Ernst, Christiane; M. Addo, Marylyn; Schalke, Esther; A. Volk, Holger

doi:10.1186/s12879-020-05281-3

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Scent dog identification of samples from COVID-19 patients – a pilot study

Published in BMC Infectious Diseases • Jul 23, 2020

Authors:

Paula Jendrny

Claudia Schulz

Friederike Twele

Abstract

BACKGROUND: As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread, early, ideally real-time, identification of SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals is pivotal in interrupting infection chains. Volatile organic compounds produced during respiratory infections can cause specific scent imprints, which can be detecte...

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Medicine

Medical microbiology

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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