鼻子背后的科学:将挥发性有机化合物特征与犬类COVID-19生物检测相关联
Marthe Charles1,2, Dorota Ruszkiewicz2,3, Eric Eckbo1,2
1Division of Medical Microbiology, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
ERJ open research
|May 21, 2024
概括
通过气体染色体质谱法 (GC-MS) 验证了COVID-19 (2019年冠状病毒疾病) 的狗气味检测. 这项研究证实,训练辅助物释放出特定的挥发性有机化合物 (VOC),狗可以检测到它们,帮助识别COVID-19.
科学领域:
- 兽医医学 兽医医学 兽医医学
- 分析化学 分析化学
- 传染病研究 传染病研究
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,人们开始对这种病毒的嗅觉检测进行研究.
- 确定与犬类COVID-19警报相关的特定挥发性有机化合物 (VOC) 仍然是一个挑战.
- 这项研究旨在验证COVID-19犬训练辅助器是否会发出可通过GC-MS检测的歧视性VOC.
研究的目的:
- 为了确认COVID-19犬训练辅助物释放可检测和识别的COVID-19特定的VOCs.
- 分析用于COVID-19的犬体气味检测的训练辅助工具中存在的VOCs.
- 建立用于检测COVID-19的狗训练辅助工具的可靠性.
主要方法:
- 三只狗在19周的时间里接受了检测COVID-19的训练,并得到了验证.
- 在训练中使用了含有来自临床嘴样本的气味的getxent管.
- 气色谱-质谱法 (GC-MS) 用于分析训练辅助工具中的VOC.
主要成果:
- 狗被成功训练以检测COVID-19的主要成分分析模型显示78%的灵敏度和77%的特异性.
- 两种特定的VOC被确定为COVID-19阳性病例的高度预测.
- 在犬类检测和GC-MS分析之间观察到良好的一致性 (F1得分0.69,马修的相关系数0.37).
结论:
- 用于COVID-19检测的犬训练辅助工具可以可靠地生产,并具有良好的区别.
- 这项研究有助于进一步了解COVID-19的狗嗅觉歧视.
- 它有助于定义狗解释为COVID-19感染的标志性特定的VOCs.
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