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Wastewater-Based Epidemiology as an Early Warning System for the Spreading of SARS-CoV-2 and Its Mutations in the Population.
International journal of environmental research and public health - 25 May 2021
Mackuľak Tomáš, Gál Miroslav, Špalková Viera, Fehér Miroslav, Briestenská Katarína, Mikušová Miriam, Tomčíková Karolína, Tamáš Michal, Butor Škulcová Andrea
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New methodologies based on the principle of "sewage epidemiology" have been successfully applied before in the detection of illegal drugs. The study describes the idea of early detection of a virus, e.g., SARS-CoV-2, in wastewater in order to focus on the area of virus occurrence and supplement the results obtained from clinical examination. By monitoring temporal variation in viral loads in wastewater in...
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