Long-term passive wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 for seven university dormitories in comparison to municipal surveillance.

ABSTRACT: Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) has been an effective tool for monitoring and understanding potential SARS-CoV-2 transmission across small and large-scale communities. In this study at the University of Saskatchewan, the assessment of SARS-CoV-2 was done over eight months during the 2021-2022 academic year. Wastewater samples were collected using passive samplers that were deployed in domestic sewer lines near adjacent campus residences and extracted for viral RNA, followed by Reverse Transcription quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-qPCR). The results showed similar trends for SARS-CoV-2 detection frequencies and viral loads across university residences, the whole campus, and from related WBS at Saskatoon Wastewater Treatment Plant. The maximum daily detection frequency for sev

SUBMITTER: Jain N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9433341 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature