Wastewater surveillance for public health

Science. 2023 Jan 6;379(6627):26-27. doi: 10.1126/science.ade2503. Epub 2023 Jan 5.

Authors

Joshua I Levy¹, Kristian G Andersen¹, Rob Knight^{2

3

4}, Smruthi Karthikeyan²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
³ Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
⁴ Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.

Abstract

Wastewater contains information on pathogen spread, evolution, and outbreak risk.

MeSH terms

Disease Outbreaks* / prevention & control
Humans
Public Health*
Wastewater* / microbiology
Wastewater* / virology
Wastewater-Based Epidemiological Monitoring*

Substances

Wastewater

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