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. 2020 Sep:188:109731.
doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109731. Epub 2020 May 26.

Detecting viral outbreaks in future using enhanced environmental surveillance

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Detecting viral outbreaks in future using enhanced environmental surveillance

Ghulam Nabi et al. Environ Res. 2020 Sep.

Abstract

  1. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 can be detected in the sewage system.

  2. Sewage surveillance can estimate disease burden and recurrent epidemic dynamics.

  3. Enhanced surveillance on sewage system can identify early warning calls.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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