Article
Enumerating asymptomatic COVID-19 cases and estimating SARS-CoV-2 fecal shedding rates via wastewater-based epidemiology
2021-04-18
Abstract excerpt
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) was utilized to monitor SARS-CoV-2 RNA in sewage collected from manholes specific to individual student dormitories (dorms) at the University of Arizona in the fall semester of 2020, which led to successful identification and reduction of transmission events. Positive wastewater samples triggered clinical testing of almost all residents within that dorm; thus, SARS-CoV-2 infecte...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 5299aa2d-6f67-50e9-b4a6-9072d07f4206
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.04.16.21255638
