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Table 2 Detection performance and success rates per session and dog

From: Scent dog identification of SARS-CoV-2 infections in different body fluids

Session

Dog

Detection

SARS-CoV-2 infection status

Total number of right decisions

Total number of sample presentations

Success rate per dog

positive

negative

Non-inactivated saliva samples (after 1 week of training with inactivated saliva samples)

Dog 1

Yes

15

5

118

132

89%

No

9

103

Dog 2

Yes

14

5

89

95

94%

No

1

75

Dog 3

Yes

16

5

125

136

92%

No

6

109

Dog 4

Yes

9

12

64

79

81%

No

3

55

Dog 5

Yes

16

3

75

81

93%

No

3

59

Dog 6

Yes

16

5

99

107

93%

No

3

83

Dog 7

Yes

20

0

110

114

96%

No

4

90

Dog 8

Yes

17

3

89

92

97%

No

0

72

Dog 9

Yes

17

4

97

102

95%

No

1

80

Dog 10

Yes

14

7

113

129

88%

No

9

99

All dogs

Yes

154

49

979

1067

92%

No

39

825

Non-inactivated saliva, urine and sweat samples

Dog 1

Yes

18

7

174

191

91%

No

10

156

Dog 2

Yes

18

19

161

186

87%

No

6

143

Dog 3

Yes

20

6

135

150

90%

No

9

115

Dog 4

Yes

18

12

169

197

86%

No

16

151

Dog 5

Yes

17

15

164

195

84%

No

16

147

Dog 6

Yes

19

6

117

127

92%

No

4

98

Dog 7

Yes

19

1

201

223

90%

No

21

182

Dog 8

Yes

20

1

112

115

97%

No

2

92

Dog 9

Yes

18

5

136

147

93%

No

6

118

Dog 10

Yes

18

8

124

139

89%

No

7

106

All dogs

Yes

185

80

1493

1670

89%

No

97

1308

Non-inactivated sweat samples

Dog 1

Yes

10

0

59

67

88%

No

8

49

Dog 2

Yes

10

4

53

57

93%

No

0

43

Dog 3

Yes

10

5

60

69

87%

No

4

50

Dog 4

Yes

10

3

59

62

95%

No

0

49

Dog 5

Yes

10

7

60

71

85%

No

4

50

Dog 6

Yes

10

4

57

65

88%

No

4

47

Dog 7

Yes

10

1

42

44

95%

No

1

32

Dog 8

Yes

10

1

54

56

96%

No

1

44

Dog 9

Yes

10

1

38

40

95%

No

1

28

All dogs

Yes

90

26

482

531

91%

No

23

392

Non-inactivated urine samples

Dog 1

Yes

10

1

80

91

88%

No

10

70

Dog 2

Yes

10

2

47

50

94%

No

1

37

Dog 3

Yes

10

1

59

63

94%

No

3

49

Dog 4

Yes

8

1

67

72

93%

No

4

59

Dog 5

Yes

10

2

47

49

96%

No

0

37

Dog 6

Yes

10

2

64

66

97%

No

0

54

Dog 7

Yes

10

0

40

41

98%

No

1

30

Dog 8

Yes

10

0

47

47

100%

No

0

37

Dog 9

Yes

10

0

49

49

100%

No

0

39

Dog 10

Yes

10

4

62

66

94%

No

0

52

All dogs

Yes

98

13

562

594

95%

No

19

464

Non-inactivated saliva samples

Dog 1

Yes

19

1

143

147

97%

No

3

124

Dog 2

Yes

20

5

117

128

91%

No

6

97

Dog 3

Yes

20

7

159

173

92%

No

7

139

Dog 4

Yes

20

4

131

137

96%

No

2

111

Dog 5

Yes

20

5

114

120

95%

No

1

94

Dog 6

Yes

20

4

105

111

95%

No

2

85

Dog 7

Yes

18

8

145

163

89%

No

10

127

Dog 8

Yes

20

6

149

164

91%

No

9

129

Dog 9

Yes

20

1

110

112

98%

No

1

90

Dog 10

Yes

19

5

174

191

91%

No

12

155

All dogs

Yes

196

46

1347

1446

93%

No

53

1151

All sessions

Dog 1

Yes

72

14

574

628

91%

No

40

502

Dog 2

Yes

72

35

467

516

91%

No

14

395

Dog 3

Yes

76

24

538

591

91%

No

29

462

Dog 4

Yes

65

32

490

547

90%

No

25

425

Dog 5

Yes

73

32

460

516

89%

No

24

387

Dog 6

Yes

75

21

442

476

93%

No

13

367

Dog 7

Yes

77

10

538

585

92%

No

37

461

Dog 8

Yes

77

11

451

474

95%

No

12

374

Dog 9

Yes

75

11

430

450

96%

No

9

355

Dog 10

Yes

61

24

473

525

90%

No

28

412

All dogs

Yes

723

214

4863

5308

92%

No

231

4140