The first case study of wastewater-based epidemiology of COVID-19 in Hong Kong.

ABSTRACT: Early detection and surveillance of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus are key pre-requisites for the effective control of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). So far, sewage testing has been increasingly employed as an alternative surveillance tool for this disease. However, sampling site characteristics impact the testing results and should be addressed in the early use stage of this emerging tool. In this study, we implemented the sewage testing for SARS-CoV-2 virus across sampling sites with different sewage system characteristics. We first validated a testing method using "positive" samples from a hospital treating COVID-19 patients. This method was used to test 107 sewage samples collected during the third wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in Hong Kong (from Ju

SUBMITTER: Xu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8142803 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature