Scientific Publications
APOPO’s innovative detection rats technology is based on empirical and published scientific research. We operate under rigorous standards and regularly publish results in peer-reviewed journals.
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MAHONEY A., WEETJENS B., COX C., BEYENE N., MGODE G., JUBITANA M., KUIPERS D. ET AL. (2011). USING GIANT AFRICAN POUCHED RATS TO DETECT TUBERCULOSIS IN HUMAN SPUTUM SAMPLES: 2010 FINDINGS. THE PAN AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2011; 9:28.
July 18, 2011
POLING, A., ET AL. 2011. TUBERCULOSIS DETECTION BY GIANT AFRICAN POUCHED RATS (CRICETOMYS GAMBIANUS). THE BEHAVIOR ANALYST 34 (1): 47-54.
April 1, 2011
BEYENE, N. 2010. EXTRACTION OF NITROAROMATIC EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS FROM SOIL: CRITICAL REVIEW. ED, ED. J.R. HOWELL, 1-30. USA: NOVA PUBLISHERS.
March 1, 2011
BEYENE, N. 2011. EXTRACTION AND SAMPLE PREPARATION PROCEDURES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF NITROAROMATIC EXPLOSIVE COMPOUNDS IN SOIL. ED. T.J. JANSSEN, 203-230. USA: NOVA PUBLISHERS.
January 1, 2011
MAHONEY, A., EDWARDS, T.L., WEETJENS, B.J., COX, C., BEYENE, N., JUBITANA, M., DURGIN, A., POLING, A. (2013). GIANT AFRICAN POUCHED RATS (CRICETOMYS GAMBIANUS) AS DETECTORS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN HUMAN SPUTUM: TWO OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL RECORD, 63 (1), 1–12
December 1, 2013
December 1, 2010
POLING A., WEETJENS B., COX C., BEYENE N., BACH H., AND SULLY A. (2010). TEACHING GIANT AFRICAN POUCHED RATS TO FIND LANDMINES: OPERANT CONDITIONING WITH REAL CONSEQUENCES. BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS IN PRACTICE 3: 19-25.
September 1, 2010
POLING, ALAN; COX, CHRISTOPHE; WEETJENS, BART; BEYENE, NEGUSSIE; AND SULLY, ANDREW (2010) "TWO STRATEGIES FOR LANDMINE DETECTION BY GIANT POUCHED RATS," THE JOURNAL OF ERW AND MINE ACTION : VOL. 14 : ISS. 1 , ARTICLE 23.
April 1, 2010
POLING, A., WEETJENS B., COX C., MGODE G., JUBITANA M., KAZWALA R., MFINANGA G., AND HUIS IN ‘T VELD D. (2010). USING GIANT AFRICAN POUCHED RATS TO DETECT TUBERCULOSIS IN HUMAN SPUTUM SAMPLES: 2009 FINDINGS. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 83(6), 2010, PP. 1308-1310.
January 1, 2010
WEETJENS B., MGODE G., MACHANG'U R., KAZWALA R., MFINANGA G, LWILLA F., COX C., JUBITANA M., KANYAGHA H., MTANDU R., KAHWA A., MWESSONGO J., MAKINGI G., MFAUME S., VAN STEENBERGE J., BEYENE N., BILLET M., VERHAGEN R. (2009). EARLY DETECTION OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN SPUTUM USING TRAINED AFRICAN GIANT RATS (CRICETOMYS GAMBIANUS). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE 13: 737-743.
June 6, 2009