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Genius5-Instruments GmbH

  • Funded by Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Funder

    Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)

  • Principal Investigator

    N/A

  • Research Location

    Austria

  • Lead Research Institution

    Genius5-Instruments GmbH

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Pathogen: natural history, transmission and diagnostics

  • Research Subcategory

    Diagnostics

  • Special Interest Tags

    Innovation

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

Rapid detection of the coronavirus in travel with an odor test. 80% of Covid-19 patients with mild or moderate infection lose their sense of smell (source, among others: https://www.agi.it/salute/news/2020-04-04/coronavirus-pazienti-perdita-olfatto-8153396/) . The goal is a measuring device that detects these partly undiscovered virus emitters by measuring the olfactory sense at the odor threshold. The odor test is advantageously inexpensive and fast, it is suitable for testing large numbers of people in order to reduce the risk of infection in tourism and at events.