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A study by French researchers suggests that trained dogs can detect Covid-19 in patients who have had the virus for as long as a year and a half.
A dog trained to detect Covid-19 is searching for signs of the coronaviruses. Stuart Cahill is a member of the MediaNews Group and the Boston Herald.
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A preprint of the study states that trained dogs had an accuracy rate of 51.1% with samples of armpit sweat from long-term Covid patients, none of whom had been hospitalized in an intensive care unit.
A peer-reviewed study on canine Covid detection was published by Florida International University last year.
A study done by Florida International University with four trained dogs showed a 97.5% accuracy in spotting Covid-19 by sniffing people and surfaces.
A study from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that dogs had a 98% success rate in detecting Covid-19, while a study out of Germany found that trained dogs had a 98% success rate in detecting coronaviruses.
Three school districts in Massachusetts began using trained dogs to detect Covid-19. The dogs were trained by the Bristol County Sheriff's office and Florida International University. The dogs smell Covid-19 when they smell the desks and keyboards in the classroom.
We don't know what we don't know.
The FDA has not approved the use of dogs as a diagnostic tool.
The covid-sniffing dogs help scientists.
Three Massachusetts school districts haveVID detecting dogs.
Dogs can detect coronaviruses in people, and the immune system can cause broad damage.
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