SARS-CoV-2 detection dogs - a pilot study

The outstanding olfactory acuity of canines led us to consider whether dogs are able to reliably detect the odour of respiratory diseases associated with a SARS-CoV-2 infection in saliva or tracheobronchial secretion of hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Furthermore, we examined if SARS-CoV-2 detection dogs could provide an appropriate screening method for the human virus.The aim of this data publication is to provide the data acquired in the controlled, randomized and double-blinded pilot study `Scent dog identification of SARS-CoV-2 infection’ (submitted to BMC Infectious Diseases).犬类卓越的嗅觉敏锐度促使我们开展研究，探究犬只能否可靠地检测出住院新冠患者唾液或气管支气管分泌物中，新型冠状病毒（SARS-CoV-2）感染相关呼吸道疾病的气味。此外，我们还考察了新冠检测犬能否作为适配该人类病毒的有效筛查手段。本数据集发布的目的，在于提供在对照、随机、双盲预试验"新冠感染的嗅探犬识别（Scent dog identification of SARS-CoV-2 infection）"（已投稿至《BMC传染病》）中采集的全部相关数据。