Implementing building-level SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance on a university campus.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has been a source of ongoing challenges and presents an increased risk of illness in group environments, including jails, long-term care facilities, schools, and residential college campuses. Early reports that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was detectable in wastewater in advance of confirmed cases sparked widespread interest in wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) as a tool for mitigation of COVID-19 outbreaks. One hypothesis was that wastewater surveillance might provide a cost-effective alternative to other more expensive approaches such as pooled and random testing of groups. In this paper, we report the outcomes of a wastewater surveillance pilot program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, a large urban university with a substantial population of students liv

SUBMITTER: Gibas C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8007530 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature