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Wastewater-based and case-based surveillance data for monitoring COVID-19 in Germany, 2022-2024.

Peter Pütz, Susan Abunijela, Udo Buchholz, Timo Greiner, Ann-Sophie Lehfeld, Alexander Schattschneider, Jakob Schumacher

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7 authors.

Peter PützInfectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Seestraße 10, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Susan AbunijelaInfectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Seestraße 10, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Udo BuchholzInfectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Seestraße 10, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Timo GreinerInfectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Seestraße 10, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Ann-Sophie LehfeldInfectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Seestraße 10, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Alexander SchattschneiderInfectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Seestraße 10, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Jakob SchumacherInfectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Seestraße 10, 13353 Berlin, Germany.

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Abstract

This article presents a harmonized dataset combining environmental and epidemiological indicators to monitor COVID-19 activity across Germany over 131 consecutive weeks (July 2022-December 2024). The dataset integrates population-weighted SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentrations from wastewater with four independent indicators derived from clinical and participatory surveillance systems: incidence estimates from the German notification system, self-reported incidence estimates from the

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Environmental epidemiologyInfection trendsPublic healthSARS-CoV-2Time series analysis

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PMCPMC13320417

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