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cord-317632-2bjzn6p7	Jones, Robert T	Could bio-detection dogs be used to limit the spread of COVID-19 by travellers?	2020-08-12		.txt	text/plain	921	54	58	Screening travellers for COVID-19 at airports is an attractive option that could prevent imported infections, and may reduce the need to enforce quarantine on travellers. 5 Further work by the same team demonstrated the use of trained dogs in identifying malaria parasites in asymptomatic children. 6 The dogs were trained using odour samples collected on socks worn by confirmed positive asymptomatic or negative children in The Gambia. The study demonstrated that dogs could identify malaria with a degree of sensitivity and specificity broadly in line with the World Health Organization's criteria for the procurement of rapid diagnostic tests. Phase 1 is a proof-of-principle study to demonstrate that medical detection dogs can be trained to identify asymptomatic or mild symptomatic infections with SARS-CoV-2 with high sensitivity and specificity. Phase 2 is an assessment of the capability of the trained dogs to detect people with asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. Trained dogs identify people with malaria parasites by their odour	./cache/cord-317632-2bjzn6p7.txt	./txt/cord-317632-2bjzn6p7.txt