Sniffer dogs as a screening/diagnostic tool for COVID-19: a proof of concept study

• Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases
• Main Authors: Eskandari, Esmaeil, Ahmadi Marzaleh, Milad, Roudgari, Hassan, Hamidi Farahani, Ramin, Nezami-Asl, Amir, Laripour, Reza, Aliyazdi, Helen, Dabbagh Moghaddam, Arasb, Zibaseresht, Ramin, Akbarialiabad, Hossein, Yousefi Zoshk, Mojtaba, Shiri, Hamidreza, Shiri, Mahdi
• Other Authors: aja university of medical sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: Infectious Diseases; The Throat; sami
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-05939-6; http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s12879-021-05939-6.pdf; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-021-05939-6/fulltext.html

Abstract Background Sniffer dogs are able to detect certain chemical particles and are suggest to be capable of helping diagnose some medical conditions and complications, such as colorectal cancer, melanoma, bladder cancer, and even critical states such as hypoglycemia in diabetic patients. With th...