Wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 genomic populations on a country-wide scale through targeted sequencing.

ABSTRACT: SARS-CoV-2 surveillance of viral populations in wastewater samples is recognized as a useful tool for monitoring epidemic waves and boosting health preparedness. Next generation sequencing of viral RNA isolated from wastewater is a convenient and cost-effective strategy to understand the molecular epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 and provide insights on the population dynamics of viral variants at the community level. However, in low- and middle-income countries, isolated groups have performed wastewater monitoring and data has not been extensively shared in the scientific community. Here we report the results of monitoring the co-circulation and abundance of variants of concern (VOCs) of SARS-CoV-2 in Uruguay, a small country in Latin America, between November 2020-July 2021 using wastewater su

SUBMITTER: Cancela F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10121012 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature