1. Wastewater surveillance for public health.
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Levy, Joshua I., Andersen, Kristian G., Knight, Rob, and Karthikeyan, Smruthi
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SEWAGE screening , *SARS disease , *PATHOGENIC microorganisms , *DNA sequencing , *CHOLERA - Abstract
The article focuses on the use of wastewater surveillance to track pathogens spread by fecal-oral transmission of cholera and polio, and mentions severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) wastewater surveillance. Topics discussed include pathogen detection enabled by wastewater monitoring, determination of the genomic sequencing, and expansion of waste-water surveillance capabilities.
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- 2023
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