Cancers, chronic diseases and respiratory infections are major causes of mortality and
present diagnostic and therapeutic challenges for health care. There is an unmet medical …

Background Scents and odours characterize some microbes when grown in the laboratory,
and experienced clinicians can diagnose patients with some infectious diseases based on …

Pediatric tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health crisis. Despite progress, pediatric
patients remain difficult to diagnose, with approximately half of all childhood TB patients …

Scent-detection animals are routinely evaluated for detection accuracy for a wide range of
targets. The obtained estimates of accuracy vary widely, even with the same species of …

When it comes to detecting volatile chemicals, biological olfactory systems far outperform all
artificial chemical detection devices in their versatility, speed, and specificity. Consequently …

Pulmonary infections caused by mycobacteria cause significant mortality and morbidity in
the human population. Diagnosing mycobacterial infections is challenging. An infection can …

Evaluations of dogs as lung cancer detectors using breath samples have produced a variety
of results, some quite promising. Breath samples are typically collected onto a substrate and …

Abstract Since 1997, APOPO, a non-profit organization based in Tanzania, has deployed
African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys ansorgei) to detect landmines in post-conflict areas …

The African giant pouched rat is a nocturnal, fossorial and omnivorous wild rodent widely
distributed in sub‐Saharan Africa. The morphology of lingual surface has not previously …

Mycobacteria are important causes of disease in human and animal hosts. Diseases caused
by mycobacteria include leprosy, tuberculosis (TB), nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) …