Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Global Collaborative to Maximize Contributions in the Fight Against COVID-19

From the article: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a novel member of the Coronaviridae family, has been identified as the etiologic agent of an ongoing pandemic of severe pneumonia known as COVID-19. To date there have been millions of cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in 184 countries with case fatality rates ranging from 1.8% in Germany to 12.5% in Italy. Limited diagnostic testing capacity and asymptomatic and oligosymptomatic infections result in significant uncertainty in the estimated extent of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Recent reports have documented that infection with SARS-CoV-2 is accompanied by persistent shedding of virus RNA in feces in 27% to 89% of patients at densities from…

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  Sight Research UK

  Awards: NE/V004883/1, NE/M010996/1, NE/M011577/1, NE/V010441/1
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  Natural Environment Research Council

  Awards: NE/V010441/1, NE/M011577/1, NE/V004883/1, NE/M010996/1