Association of SARS-CoV-2 Load in Wastewater With Reported COVID-19 Cases in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Village From July to September 2021

Masaaki Kitajima; Michio Murakami; Syun-Suke Kadoya; Hiroki Ando; Tomohiro Kuroita; Hiroyuki Katayama; Seiya Imoto

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.26822

Association of SARS-CoV-2 Load in Wastewater With Reported COVID-19 Cases in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Village From July to September 2021

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Aug 1;5(8):e2226822. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.26822.

Authors

Masaaki Kitajima¹, Michio Murakami², Syun-Suke Kadoya³, Hiroki Ando¹, Tomohiro Kuroita⁴, Hiroyuki Katayama³, Seiya Imoto⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
² Center for Infectious Disease Education and Research, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
³ Department of Urban Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Shionogi & Co Ltd, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
⁵ Human Genome Center, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses the association between SARS-CoV-2 load in wastewater and confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Village.

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
SARS-CoV-2
Sports*
Tokyo / epidemiology
Wastewater

Substances

Waste Water