ArticleFEMS microbes2022
Efficacy of SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance for detection of COVID-19 at a residential private college.
Article in FEMS microbes, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Long-Term Genomic Surveillance of SARS-CoV‑2 in Campus Wastewater Depicts Lineage Trends and Public Health Implications during and after Omicron Waves.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2025Article
- Wastewater Surveillance Pilot at US Military Installations: Cost Model Analysis.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- Structured Ethical Review for Wastewater-Based Testing in Support of Public Health.Environmental science & technology · 2023Article
- Structured Ethical Review for Wastewater-Based Testing.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
- Effectiveness of building-level sewage surveillance during both community-spread and sporadic-infection phases of SARS-CoV-2 in a university campus population.FEMS microbes · 2022Article
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Abstract
Many colleges and universities utilized wastewater surveillance testing for SARS-CoV-2 RNA as a tool to help monitor and mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic on campuses across the USA during the 2020-2021 academic year. We sought to assess the efficacy of one such program by analyzing data on relative wastewater RNA levels from residential buildings in relation to SARS-CoV-2 cases identified through individual surveillance testing, conducted largely independent of wastewater results. Almost 80% of the cases on campus were associated with positive wastewater tests, resulting in an overall positive predictive value of 79% (Chi square 48.1, Df = 1,
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