Cynthia Gibas, Kevin Lambirth, Neha Mittal, Md Ariful Islam Juel, Visva Bharati Barua, Lauren Roppolo Brazell, Keshawn Hinton, Jordan Lontai, Nicholas Stark, Isaiah Young, Cristine Quach, Morgan Russ, Jacob Kauer, Bridgette Nicolosi, Don Chen, Srinivas Akella, Wenwu Tang, Jessica Schlueter, Mariya Munir
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a source of ongoing challenges and presents an increased risk of illness in group environments, including jails, long-term care facilities, schools, and residential college campuses. Early reports that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was detectable in wastewater in advance of confirmed cases sparked widespread interest in wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) as a tool for mitigation of COVID-19 outbreaks. One hypothesis was that wastewater surveillance might provide a cost-effective alternative to other more expensive approaches such as pooled and random testing of groups...
March 30, 2021: Science of the Total Environment