Bees can be trained to identify SARS-CoV-2 infected samples

Bees can be trained to identify SARS-CoV-2 infected samples

The COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated the need for the development of fast and reliable testing methods for novel, zoonotic, viral diseases in both humans and animals. Pathologies lead to detectable changes in the volatile organic compound (VOC) profile of animals, which can be monitored, thus allow...

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Main Authors: Evangelos Kontos, Aria Samimi, Renate W. Hakze–van der Honing, Jan Priem, Aurore Avarguès-Weber, Alexander Haverkamp, Marcel Dicke, Jose L. Gonzales, Wim H. M. van der Poel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2022-04-01
Series:Biology Open
Subjects:
honeybees
olfaction
sars-cov2
covid-19
conditioning
detection
Online Access:http://bio.biologists.org/content/11/4/bio059111

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