SARS-CoV-2 Titers in Wastewater Are Higher than Expected from Clinically Confirmed Cases

SARS-CoV-2 Titers in Wastewater Are Higher than Expected from Clinically Confirmed Cases

Wastewater-based surveillance is a promising approach for proactive outbreak monitoring. SARS-CoV-2 is shed in stool early in the clinical course and infects a large asymptomatic population, making it an ideal target for wastewater-based monitoring. In this study, we develop a laboratory protocol to...

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Main Authors: Fuqing Wu, Jianbo Zhang, Amy Xiao, Xiaoqiong Gu, Wei Lin Lee, Federica Armas, Kathryn Kauffman, William Hanage, Mariana Matus, Newsha Ghaeli, Noriko Endo, Claire Duvallet, Mathilde Poyet, Katya Moniz, Alex D. Washburne, Timothy B. Erickson, Peter R. Chai, Janelle Thompson, Eric J. Alm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-07-01
Series:mSystems
Subjects:
covid-19 prevalence
pmmov
sars-cov-2
viral titers
wastewater
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00614-20

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https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00614-20

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