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SARS-CoV-2 viral titer measurements in Ontario, Canada wastewaters throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Patrick M D'Aoust, Nada Hegazy, Nathan T Ramsay, Minqing Ivy Yang, Hadi A Dhiyebi, Elizabeth Edwards, Mark R Servos, Gustavo Ybazeta, Marc Habash, Lawrence Goodridge and 22 more

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Article in Scientific data, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

32 authors.

Patrick M D'Aoust *University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Nada Hegazy *University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Nathan T RamsayUniversity of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Minqing Ivy YangUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Hadi A DhiyebiUniversity of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8101-8960
Elizabeth EdwardsUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Mark R ServosUniversity of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.
Gustavo YbazetaHealth Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, ON, Canada.
Marc HabashUniversity of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Lawrence GoodridgeUniversity of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Art PoonWestern University, London, ON, Canada.
Eric ArtsWestern University, London, ON, Canada.
R Stephen BrownQueen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Sarah Jane PayneQueen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
Andrea KirkwoodOntario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, Canada.
Denina SimmonsOntario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, Canada.
Jean-Paul DesaulniersOntario Tech University, Oshawa, ON, Canada.
Banu OrmeciCarleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Christopher KyleTrent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada.
David BulirMcMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Trevor CharlesUniversity of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0344-5932
R Michael McKayUniversity of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-2723-5371
Kimberley GilbrideToronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Claire OswaldToronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Hui PengUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Vince PileggiOntario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Menglu L WangToronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Arthur TongToronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Diego OrellanoToronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Christopher T DeGrootWestern University, London, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2069-8253
Robert DelatollaUniversity of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. robert.delatolla@uottawa.ca.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Province of Ontario, Canada, launched a wastewater surveillance program to monitor SARS-CoV-2, inspired by the early work and successful forecasts of COVID-19 waves in the city of Ottawa, Ontario. This manuscript presents a dataset from January 1, 2021, to March 31, 2023, with RT-qPCR results for SARS-CoV-2 genes and PMMoV from 107 sites across all 34 public health units in Ontario, covering 72% of the province's and 26.2% of Canada's population. Sampling occurred 2-7 times weekly, including geographical coordinates, serviced populations, physico-chemical water characteristics, and flowrates. In doing so, this manuscript ensures data availability and metadata preservation to support future research and epidemic preparedness through detailed analyses and modeling. The dataset has been crucial for public health in tracking disease locally, especially with the rise of the Omicron variant and the decline in clinical testing, highlighting wastewater-based surveillance's role in estimating disease incidence in Ontario.

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2WastewaterHumansOntarioPandemicsViral LoadWastewater

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PMID38906875
PMCPMC11192951

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