COVID-19 wastewater surveillance implemented in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Village

Masaaki Kitajima; Michio Murakami; Ryo Iwamoto; Hiroyuki Katayama; Seiya Imoto

doi:10.1093/jtm/taac004

COVID-19 wastewater surveillance implemented in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Village

J Travel Med. 2022 May 31;29(3):taac004. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taac004.

Authors

Masaaki Kitajima¹, Michio Murakami², Ryo Iwamoto³, Hiroyuki Katayama⁴, Seiya Imoto⁵

Affiliations

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

Abstract

Wastewater-based epidemiology was implemented in the Olympic and Paralympic Village to better understand COVID-19 incidence. SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in a number of wastewater samples even when no positive individual was identified in the corresponding areas. Wastewater-based epidemiology can be a useful tool to control infections at mass gatherings.

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / epidemiology
Humans
Sports*
Tokyo / epidemiology
Wastewater
Wastewater-Based Epidemiological Monitoring

Substances

Waste Water