Innovation in wastewater near-source tracking for rapid identification of COVID-19 in schools
Francis Hassard, Lian Lundy, Andrew C. Singer, Jasmine M. S. Grimsley, Mariachiara Di Cesare
Abstract
COVID-19 is one of the biggest global public health challenges of the century with almost 42 million cases and more than a million deaths to date. Until a COVID-19 vaccine or effective pharmaceutical intervention is developed, alternative tools for the rapid identification, containment, and mitigation of the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are of paramount importance for managing community transmission. Within this context, school closure has been one of the strategies implemented to reduce spread at local and national levels. [...]
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OutbreakContext (archaeology)PandemicTransmission (telecommunications)MedicinePopulationPublic healthEnvironmental healthCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)GeographyVirologyDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)NursingPathologyArchaeologyElectrical engineeringEngineeringSARS-CoV-2 detection and testingRespiratory viral infections researchCOVID-19 epidemiological studies