Expert considerations and consensus for using dogs to detect human SARS-CoV-2-infections

• Sebastian Meller,
• Maryam Sultan Ali Al Khatri,
• Hamad Khatir Alhammadi,
• Guadalupe Álvarez,
• Guillaume Alvergnat,
• Lêucio Câmara Alves,
• Chris Callewaert,
• Charles G. B. Caraguel,
• Paula Carancci,
• Anne-Lise Chaber,
• Marios Charalambous,
• Loïc Desquilbet,
• Hans Ebbers,
• Janek Ebbers,
• Dominique Grandjean,
• Claire Guest,
• Hugues Guyot,
• Anna Hielm-Björkman,
• Amy Hopkins,
• Lothar Kreienbrock,
• James G. Logan,
• James G. Logan,
• Hector Lorenzo,
• Rita de Cassia Carvalho Maia,
• Juan M. Mancilla-Tapia,
• Fernando O. Mardones,
• Leon Mutesa,
• Leon Mutesa,
• Sabin Nsanzimana,
• Cynthia M. Otto,
• Marília Salgado-Caxito,
• Florencia de los Santos,
• Jeine Emanuele Santos da Silva,
• Esther Schalke,
• Clara Schoneberg,
• Anísio Francisco Soares,
• Friederike Twele,
• Victor Manuel Vidal-Martínez,
• Ariel Zapata,
• Natalia Zimin-Veselkoff,
• Holger A. Volk,
• Holger A. Volk

Affiliations

Sebastian Meller

Department of Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hanover, Germany

Maryam Sultan Ali Al Khatri

Dubai Police K9, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Hamad Khatir Alhammadi

International Operations Department, Ministry of Interior of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Guadalupe Álvarez

Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Guillaume Alvergnat

International Operations Department, Ministry of Interior of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Lêucio Câmara Alves

Department of Veterinary Medicine, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

Chris Callewaert

Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Charles G. B. Caraguel

School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, SA, Australia

Paula Carancci

Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Anne-Lise Chaber

School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, SA, Australia

Marios Charalambous

Department of Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hanover, Germany

Loïc Desquilbet

École Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, IMRB, Université Paris Est, Maisons-Alfort, France

Hans Ebbers

Kynoscience UG, Hörstel, Germany

Janek Ebbers

Kynoscience UG, Hörstel, Germany

Dominique Grandjean

0École Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, Université Paris-Est, Maisons-Alfort, France

Claire Guest

1Medical Detection Dogs, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Hugues Guyot

2Clinical Department of Production Animals, Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals & Health Research Unit, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Anna Hielm-Björkman

3Department of Equine and Small Animal Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Amy Hopkins

1Medical Detection Dogs, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Lothar Kreienbrock

4Department of Biometry, Epidemiology and Information Processing, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hanover, Germany

James G. Logan

5Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

James G. Logan

6Arctech Innovation, The Cube, Dagenham, United Kingdom

Hector Lorenzo

Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rita de Cassia Carvalho Maia

Department of Veterinary Medicine, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

Juan M. Mancilla-Tapia

7Laboratory OBI K19 Biodetection Center, Hermosillo, Mexico

Fernando O. Mardones

8Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal and Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Leon Mutesa

9Center for Human Genetics, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda

Leon Mutesa

0Rwanda National Joint Task Force COVID-19, Kigali, Rwanda

Sabin Nsanzimana

1University Teaching Hospital of Butare, Butare, Rwanda

Cynthia M. Otto

2Penn Vet Working Dog Center, Department of Clinical Sciences and Advanced Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Marília Salgado-Caxito

8Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal and Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Florencia de los Santos

Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jeine Emanuele Santos da Silva

3Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

Esther Schalke

4Bundeswehr Medical Service Headquarters, Koblenz, Germany

Clara Schoneberg

4Department of Biometry, Epidemiology and Information Processing, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hanover, Germany

Anísio Francisco Soares

3Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

Friederike Twele

Department of Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hanover, Germany

Victor Manuel Vidal-Martínez

5Laboratorio de Parasitología y Patología Acuática, Departamento de Recursos del Mar, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN Unidad Mérida, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico

Ariel Zapata

Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Natalia Zimin-Veselkoff

8Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal and Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile

Holger A. Volk

Department of Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hanover, Germany

Holger A. Volk

6Center for Systems Neuroscience Hannover, Hanover, Germany