Could bio-detection dogs be used to limit the spread of COVID-19 by travellers?
Robert T. Jones, Claire Guest, Steve W. Lindsay, Immo Kleinschmidt, John Bradley, Sarah Y. Dewhirst, Anna Last, James G. Logan
Abstract
The COVID-19 epidemic has had an unprecedented impact on the tourism sector. Trained disease detection dogs could be used for non-invasive screening at border entry points to reduce the likelihood of re-introduction of SARS-CoV-2 and limit the need for the self-isolation of all passengers.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Medicine2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Isolation (microbiology)Limit (mathematics)TourismVirologyPandemicBetacoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsEnvironmental healthInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakDiseaseBioinformaticsInternal medicineGeographyBiologyArchaeologyMathematical analysisMathematicsAdvanced Chemical Sensor TechnologiesInfluenza Virus Research StudiesHuman-Animal Interaction Studies