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Dogs being trained to sniff out COVID-19: charity
(Agence France-Presse) - March 27, 2020 - 10:08am
LONDON, United Kingdom — A British charity has teamed up with scientists to see whether dogs could help detect COVID-19 through their keen sense of smell, they said on Friday.
Medical Detection Dogs will work with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and Durham University in northeast England to determine whether canines could help diagnoses.
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It follows previous research into dogs' ability to sniff out malaria and is based on a belief that each disease triggers a distinct odor.
The organizations said they had begun preparations to train dogs in six weeks "to help provide a rapid, non-invasive diagnosis towards the tail end of the epidemic."
The charity has previously trained dogs to detect diseases such as cancer, Parkinson's and bacterial infections by sniffing samples taken from patients.
They can also detect subtle changes in skin temperature, potentially making them useful to determining if a person has a fever.
"In principle, we're sure that dogs could detect COVID-19," said Claire Guest, founder and chief executive of Medical Detection Dogs.
"We are now looking into how we can safely catch the odor of the virus from patients and present it to the dogs.
"The aim is that dogs will be able to screen anyone, including those who are asymptomatic, and tell us whether they need to be tested.
"This would be fast, effective and non-invasive and make sure the limited NHS (National Health Service) testing resources are only used where they are really needed."
The head of disease control at the LSHTM said dogs could detect malaria with "extremely high accuracy" and, as other respiratory diseases changed body odour, there was a "very high chance" it could also work with COVID-19.
Detection dogs could be deployed at airports at the end of the epidemic to rapidly identify people carrying the virus, helping prevent the re-emergence of the disease, according to Steve Lindsay from Durham University.
Over 500,000 coronavirus infections have now been recorded across 182 countries, contributing to 22,920 deaths, according to an AFP calculation based on official country data and World Health Organization figures.
The number of actual infections is believed to be higher since many countries are only testing severe cases or patients requiring hospitalization.
训练狗嗅出COVID-19：慈善
(法新社)-2020年3月27日-上午10:08
他们在周五表示，英国慈善机构已与科学家合作，研究狗是否可以通过敏锐的嗅觉帮助发现COVID-19。
医疗检测犬将与伦敦卫生和热带医学学院(LSHTM)和英格兰东北部的达勒姆大学合作，以确定犬是否可以帮助诊断。
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它遵循先前对狗嗅出疟疾的能力的研究，并且基于一种信念，即每种疾病都会引发独特的气味。
这些组织说，他们已经开始准备在六周内训练狗，以“帮助迅速向流行性尾端进行非侵入性诊断。”
该慈善机构以前训练狗通过嗅探从患者身上采集的样本来检测疾病，例如癌症，帕金森氏病和细菌感染。
它们还可以检测出皮肤温度的细微变化，从而可能有助于确定人是否发烧。
“从原则上讲，我们确定狗可以检测到COVID-19，” Medical Detection Dogs的创始人兼首席执行官Claire Guest说。
“我们正在研究如何安全地从患者身上捕获病毒的气味并将其呈现给狗。
“目的是使狗能够筛查任何人，包括无症状的人，并告诉我们是否需要进行检查。
“这将是快速，有效和无创的，并确保仅在真正需要的地方使用有限的NHS(国家卫生服务)测试资源。”
LSHTM的疾病控制负责人说，狗可以“极高精度”检测疟疾，而且，由于其他呼吸系统疾病改变了人体气味，“很有可能”也可以与COVID-19一起使用。
达勒姆大学的史蒂夫·林赛说，可以在疫情结束时在机场部署侦查犬，以迅速识别携带这种病毒的人，从而有助于防止这种疾病的再次出现。
根据法新社根据官方国家数据和世界卫生组织的数据计算，目前已在182个国家记录了超过500,000例冠状病毒感染，导致22,920例死亡。
由于许多国家仅对严重病例或需要住院治疗的患者进行检查，因此实际感染的数量被认为更高。
(Agence France-Presse) - March 27, 2020 - 10:08am
LONDON, United Kingdom — A British charity has teamed up with scientists to see whether dogs could help detect COVID-19 through their keen sense of smell, they said on Friday.
Medical Detection Dogs will work with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and Durham University in northeast England to determine whether canines could help diagnoses.
Related Stories
Coronavirus could become seasonal: top US scientist
It follows previous research into dogs' ability to sniff out malaria and is based on a belief that each disease triggers a distinct odor.
The organizations said they had begun preparations to train dogs in six weeks "to help provide a rapid, non-invasive diagnosis towards the tail end of the epidemic."
The charity has previously trained dogs to detect diseases such as cancer, Parkinson's and bacterial infections by sniffing samples taken from patients.
They can also detect subtle changes in skin temperature, potentially making them useful to determining if a person has a fever.
"In principle, we're sure that dogs could detect COVID-19," said Claire Guest, founder and chief executive of Medical Detection Dogs.
"We are now looking into how we can safely catch the odor of the virus from patients and present it to the dogs.
"The aim is that dogs will be able to screen anyone, including those who are asymptomatic, and tell us whether they need to be tested.
"This would be fast, effective and non-invasive and make sure the limited NHS (National Health Service) testing resources are only used where they are really needed."
The head of disease control at the LSHTM said dogs could detect malaria with "extremely high accuracy" and, as other respiratory diseases changed body odour, there was a "very high chance" it could also work with COVID-19.
Detection dogs could be deployed at airports at the end of the epidemic to rapidly identify people carrying the virus, helping prevent the re-emergence of the disease, according to Steve Lindsay from Durham University.
Over 500,000 coronavirus infections have now been recorded across 182 countries, contributing to 22,920 deaths, according to an AFP calculation based on official country data and World Health Organization figures.
The number of actual infections is believed to be higher since many countries are only testing severe cases or patients requiring hospitalization.
训练狗嗅出COVID-19：慈善
(法新社)-2020年3月27日-上午10:08
他们在周五表示，英国慈善机构已与科学家合作，研究狗是否可以通过敏锐的嗅觉帮助发现COVID-19。
医疗检测犬将与伦敦卫生和热带医学学院(LSHTM)和英格兰东北部的达勒姆大学合作，以确定犬是否可以帮助诊断。
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冠状病毒可能成为季节性：美国顶尖科学家
它遵循先前对狗嗅出疟疾的能力的研究，并且基于一种信念，即每种疾病都会引发独特的气味。
这些组织说，他们已经开始准备在六周内训练狗，以“帮助迅速向流行性尾端进行非侵入性诊断。”
该慈善机构以前训练狗通过嗅探从患者身上采集的样本来检测疾病，例如癌症，帕金森氏病和细菌感染。
它们还可以检测出皮肤温度的细微变化，从而可能有助于确定人是否发烧。
“从原则上讲，我们确定狗可以检测到COVID-19，” Medical Detection Dogs的创始人兼首席执行官Claire Guest说。
“我们正在研究如何安全地从患者身上捕获病毒的气味并将其呈现给狗。
“目的是使狗能够筛查任何人，包括无症状的人，并告诉我们是否需要进行检查。
“这将是快速，有效和无创的，并确保仅在真正需要的地方使用有限的NHS(国家卫生服务)测试资源。”
LSHTM的疾病控制负责人说，狗可以“极高精度”检测疟疾，而且，由于其他呼吸系统疾病改变了人体气味，“很有可能”也可以与COVID-19一起使用。
达勒姆大学的史蒂夫·林赛说，可以在疫情结束时在机场部署侦查犬，以迅速识别携带这种病毒的人，从而有助于防止这种疾病的再次出现。
根据法新社根据官方国家数据和世界卫生组织的数据计算，目前已在182个国家记录了超过500,000例冠状病毒感染，导致22,920例死亡。
由于许多国家仅对严重病例或需要住院治疗的患者进行检查，因此实际感染的数量被认为更高。