Abstract
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, since its initial outbreak in Wuhan, China has led to a worldwide pandemic and has shut down nations. As with any outbreak, there is a general strategy of detection, containment, treatment and/or cure. The authors would argue that rapid and efficient detection is critical and required to successful management of a disease. The current study explores and successfully demonstrates the use of canines to detect COVID-19 disease in exhaled breath. The intended use was to detect the odor of COVID-19 on contaminated surfaces inferring recent deposition of infectious material from a COVID-19 positive individual. Using masks obtained from hospitalized patients that tested positive for COVID-19 disease, four canines were trained and evaluated for their ability to detect the disease. All four canines obtained an accuracy >90% and positive predictive values ranging from ~73 to 93% after just one month of training.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Volatile organic compounds, coronavirus, Scent discriminating canines, 【초록키워드】 Treatment, Mask, COVID-19 disease, Positive predictive value, Accuracy, outbreak, management, breath, canine, disease, Critical, worldwide pandemic, novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, positive, Wuhan, China, contaminated surface, initial, tested, detect, the disease, evaluated, required, hospitalized patient, 【제목키워드】 Accuracy, breath, canine,