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Pediatric tuberculosis detection using trained African giant pouched rats by Mgode, Georgies F, Cox, Christophe L, Mwimanzi, Stephen, Mulder, Christiaan

“…Background Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in children is a challenge with up to 94% of children with TB treated empirically in TB high-burden countries…”
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Increased tuberculosis case detection in Tanzanian children and adults using African giant pouched rats by Agizew, Tefera B, Soka, Joseph, Fast, Cynthia D, Mwimanzi, Stephen, Mwesiga, Gilbert, Edward, Nashon, Stephen, Marygiven, Kondo, Reheme, Burny, Robert, Cox, Christophe, Beyene, Negussie

“…African giant pouched rats, trained by Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling (APOPO), have demonstrated their ability to detect tuberculosis…”
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Machine Learning for Prediction of Tuberculosis Detection: Case Study of Trained African Giant Pouched Rats by Jonathan, Joan, Barakabitze, Alcardo Alex, Fast, Cynthia D, Cox, Christophe

“…Technological advancement has led to the growth and rapid increase of tuberculosis (TB) medical data generated from different health care areas, including…”
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Evaluation of Giant African Pouched Rats for Detection of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Patients from a High-Endemic Setting by Reither, Klaus, Jugheli, Levan, Glass, Tracy R, Sasamalo, Mohamed, Mhimbira, Francis A, Weetjens, Bart J, Cox, Christophe, Edwards, Timothy L, Mulder, Christiaan, Beyene, Negussie W, Mahoney, Amanda

“…This study established evidence about the diagnostic performance of trained giant African pouched rats for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum of…”
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Ratting on wildlife crime: training African giant pouched rats to detect illegally trafficked wildlife by Szott, Isabelle D., Webb, E. Kate, Mshana, Said, Mshigeni, Anthony, Magesa, Walter S., Iyungu, Alexander, Saidi, Miraji, Van de Laak, Dian, Schneider, Miriam, Dore, Ashleigh, Brebner, Kirsty, Davies-Mostert, Harriet, Cox, Christophe, Fast, Cynthia D.

“…The illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is one of the largest global crime economies, directly threatening species and their habitats, and biodiversity, and…”
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Diagnosis of Tuberculosis by Trained African Giant Pouched Rats and Confounding Impact of Pathogens and Microflora of the Respiratory Tract by Mgode, Georgies F, Weetjens, Bart J, Nawrath, Thorben, Cox, Christophe, Jubitana, Maureen, Machang'u, Robert S, Cohen-Bacrie, Stéphan, Bedotto, Marielle, Drancourt, Michel, Schulz, Stefan, Kaufmann, Stefan H E

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Using giant African pouched rats to detect human tuberculosis: a review by Poling, Alan, Mahoney, Amanda, Beyene, Negussie, Mgode, Georgies, Weetjens, Bart, Cox, Christophe, Durgin, Amy

“…Despite its characteristically low sensitivity, sputum smear microscopy remains the standard for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) in resource-poor countries. In an…”
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Pouched Rats' Detection of Tuberculosis in Human Sputum: Comparison to Culturing and Polymerase Chain Reaction by Weetjens, Bart J., Mahoney, Amanda, Cox, Christophe, Beyene, Negussie, Reither, Klaus, Makingi, George, Jubitana, Maureen, Kazwala, Rudovick R., Mfinanga, Godfrey S., Kahwa, Amos, Durgin, Amy, Poling, Alan

“…Setting. Tanzania. Objective. To compare microscopy as conducted in direct observation of treatment, short course centers to pouched rats as detectors of…”
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Animal olfactory detection of human diseases: Guidelines and systematic review by Edwards, Timothy L., Browne, Clare M., Schoon, Adee, Cox, Christophe, Poling, Alan

“…Animal olfactory detection of human diseases has attracted an increasing amount of interest from researchers in recent years. Because of the inconsistent…”
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From pests to tests: training rats to diagnose tuberculosis by Fiebig, Lena, Beyene, Negussie, Burny, Robert, Fast, Cynthia D, Cox, Christophe, Mgode, Georgies F

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Rapidly training African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys ansorgei) with multiple targets for scent detection by Webb, Elisabeth K., Saccardo, Caterina Caneva, Poling, Alan, Cox, Christophe, Fast, Cynthia D.

“…•African giant pouched rats were sequentially trained to detect five target odors.•Pouched rats successfully retained all odor targets across time.•Spontaneous…”
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Pouched rats as detectors of tuberculosis: comparison to concentrated smear microscopy by Edwards, Timothy L, Valverde, Emilio, Mulder, Christiaan, Cox, Christophe, Poling, Alan

“…In 2014, 1.5 million people died of tuberculosis (TB), a disease that can be cured in nearly every case if detected in time. Rapid and accurate detection of TB…”
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Behavioral skills training in scent detection research: Interactions between trainer and animal behavior by Lewon, Matthew, Webb, E. Kate, Brotheridge, Sydney M., Cox, Christophe, Fast, Cynthia D.

“…Animal trainers working in scent detection programs are responsible for arranging training contingencies as well as for observing and recording animal…”
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Giant African pouched rats (Cricetomys gambianus) that work on tilled soil accurately detect land mines by Edwards, Timothy L., Cox, Christophe, Weetjens, Bart, Tewelde, Tesfazghi, Poling, Alan

“…Pouched rats were employed as mine‐detection animals in a quality‐control application where they searched for mines in areas previously processed by a…”
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Tuberculosis detection by pouched rats: Opportunities for reinforcement under low-prevalence conditions by Edwards, Timothy L., Ellis, Haylee, Watkins, Erin E., Mulder, Christiaan, Mgode, Georgies, Cox, Christophe, Poling, Alan

“…•Pouched rats are employed in operational TB-detection algorithms.•Their ability to perform in low-prevalence scenarios has not been evaluated.•We created a…”
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Active tuberculosis detection by pouched rats in 2014: More than 2,000 new patients found in two countries by Poling, Alan, Valverde, Emilio, Beyene, Negussie, Mulder, Christiaan, Cox, Christophe, Mgode, Georgies, Edwards, Timothy L.

“…Tuberculosis (TB) is a major problem in poor countries because sensitive diagnostic tools are unavailable. In 2014, our pouched rats evaluated sputum from…”
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Influences of castration on the performance of landmine-detection rats (Cricetomys gambianus) by Edwards, Timothy L., Cox, Christophe, Weetjens, Bart, Poling, Alan

“…Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling has employed pouched rats as mine-detection animals for approximately 10 years in sub-Saharan Africa,…”
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Effects of schedules of reinforcement on pouched rats' performance in urban search-and-rescue training by Edwards, Timothy L., La Londe, Kate B., Cox, Christophe, Weetjens, Bart, Poling, Alan

“…Standard operating procedures have been developed to train Cricetomys to locate humans in collapsed structures and return to the release point on command. The…”
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Landmine-detection rats: An evaluation of reinforcement procedures under simulated operational conditions by Mahoney, Amanda, Lalonde, Kate, Edwards, Timothy, Cox, Christophe, Weetjens, Bart, Poling, Alan

“…Because the location of landmines is initially unknown, it is impossible to arrange differential reinforcement for accurate detection of landmines by pouched…”
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Training pouched rats to find people by La Londe, Kate B., Mahoney, Amanda, Edwards, Timothy L., Cox, Christophe, Weetjens, Bart, Durgin, Amy, Poling, Alan

“…Giant African pouched rats equipped with video cameras may be a tenable option for locating living humans trapped under debris from collapsed structures. In…”
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