Authors: Dominique Grandjean, Capucine Gallet, Clothilde Lecoq-Julien, Riad Sarkis, Quentin Muzzin, Vinciane Roger, Didier Roisse, Nicolas Dirn, Clement Levert, Erwan Breton, Arnaud Galtat, Alexandre Forget, Sebastien Charreaudeau, Fabien Gasmi, Caroline Jean-Baptiste, Sebastien Petitjean, Katia Hamon, Jean-Michel Duquesne, Chantal Coudert, Jean-Pierre Tourtier, Christophe Billy, Jean-Marc Wurtz, Anthony Chauvin, Xavier Eyer, Sabrina Ziani, Laura Prevel, Ilaria Cherubini, Enfel Khelili-Houas, Pierre Hausfater, Philippe Devillier, Loïc Desquilbet
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Type: Publication
Abstract: ABSTRACTFacing the COVID-19 pandemic, testing individuals in order to promptly isolate positive people is one of the key actions. One approach to rapid testing might be to consider the olfactory capacities of trained detection dogs in order to develop a non-invasive, rapid and cheap mass detection approach, through the Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) signature of SARS-CoV-2 infection.The goal of this study was to determine the individual values of sensitivity and specificity of trained dogs when performing olfactory detection of COVID-19 on a...
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Veterinary medicine
Virology
Internal medicine
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