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ArticleCurrent research in microbial sciences2024

Campus source to sink wastewater surveillance of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2).

M Folkes, V M Castro-Gutierrez, L Lundy, Y Bajón-Fernández, A Soares, P Jeffrey, F Hassard

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Article in Current research in microbial sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

M FolkesCranfield University, College Road, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, UK.
V M Castro-GutierrezCenter for Research on Environmental Pollution (CICA), Universidad de Costa Rica, Montes de Oca, 11501, Costa Rica.
L LundyDepartment of Natural Sciences, Middlesex University, NW4 4BT, UK.
Y Bajón-FernándezCranfield University, College Road, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, UK.
A SoaresCranfield University, College Road, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, UK.
P JeffreyCranfield University, College Road, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, UK.
F HassardCranfield University, College Road, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) offers an aggregate, and cost-effective approach for tracking infectious disease outbreak prevalence within communities, that provides data on community health complementary to individual clinical testing. This study reports on a 16-month WBS initiative on a university campus in England, UK, assessing the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in sewers from large buildings, downstream sewer locations, raw wastewater, partially treated and treated effluents. Key findings include the detection of the Alpha (B.1.1.7) variant in wastewater, with 70 % of confirmed campus cases correlating with positive wastewater samples. Notably, ammonium nitrogen (NH

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CoronavirusPepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV)SARS-CoV-2Surveillance COVID-19Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE)Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS)Wastewater surveillance

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PMID38774836
PMCPMC11106825

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