Potential for early noninvasive COVID-19 detection using electronic-nose technologies and disease-specific VOC metabolic biomarkers

AD Wilson, LB Forse - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
The established efficacy of electronic volatile organic compound (VOC) detection
technologies as diagnostic tools for noninvasive early detection of COVID-19 and related …

COVID-19 scent dog research highlights and synthesis during the pandemic of December 2019− April 2023

T Dickey, H Junqueira - Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, 2023 - degruyter.com
Context This review was undertaken to provide information concerning the advancement of
research in the area of COVID-19 screening and testing during the worldwide pandemic …

Sniffer dogs performance is stable over time in detecting COVID-19 positive samples and agrees with the rapid antigen test in the field

F Pirrone, P Piotti, M Galli, R Gasparri, A La Spina… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Rapid antigen diagnostic (RAD) tests have been developed for the identification of the
SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, they require nasopharyngeal or nasal swab, which is …

Sniffing out safety: canine detection and identification of SARS-CoV-2 infection from armpit sweat

C Callewaert, M Pezavant, R Vandaele… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Detection dogs were trained to detect SARS-CoV-2 infection based on armpit sweat odor.
Sweat samples were collected using cotton pads under the armpits of negative and positive …

[HTML][HTML] Canine olfactory detection of SARS-CoV-2-infected humans—a systematic review

S Meller, C Caraguel, F Twele, M Charalambous… - Annals of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose To complement conventional testing methods for severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus type 2 infections, dogs' olfactory capability for true real-time detection …

Success in the Natural Detection Task is influenced by only a few factors generally believed to affect dogs' olfactory performance

A Salamon, E Baranya, LR Zsiros, Á Miklósi… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Research into dogs' olfactory ability is growing rapidly. However, generalising based on
scientific results is challenging, because research has been typically conducted on a few …

The science behind the nose: correlating volatile organic compound characterisation with canine biodetection of COVID-19

M Charles, D Ruszkiewicz, E Eckbo, E Bryce… - ERJ Open …, 2024 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic stimulated the advancement and research in the
field of canine scent detection of COVID-19 and volatile organic compound (VOC) breath …

From small to tall: breed-varied household pet dogs can be trained to detect Parkinson's Disease

L Holt, SV Johnston - Animal Cognition, 2024 - Springer
Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a clinically diagnosed disease that carries a reported
misdiagnosis rate of 10–20%. Recent scientific discoveries have provided evidence of …

β-Propiolactone (BPL)-inactivation of SARS-Co-V-2: In vitro validation with focus on saliva from COVID-19 patients for scent dog training

V Pilchová, CK Prajeeth, P Jendrny, F Twele… - Journal of virological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract β-Propiolactone (BPL) is an organic compound widely used as an inactivating
agent in vaccine development and production, for example for SARS-CoV, SARS-CoV-2 …

[PDF][PDF] Disease-discriminating methods: analytical and sensory analysis with non-invasive samples

S Turunen - 2024 - erepo.uef.fi
Even though blood is the most widely used sample material in clinical diagnostics, the
utilization of non-invasive samples, such as saliva and skin swabs, would confer advantages …