SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in Belgian wastewaters
Wastewater-based surveillance was conducted by the national public health authority to monitor SARS-CoV-2 circulation in the Belgian population. Over 5 million inhabitants representing 45% of the Belgian population were monitored throughout 42 wastewater treatment plants for 15 months comprising three major virus waves. During the entire period, a high correlation was observed between the daily new COVID-19 cases and the SARS-CoV-2 concentration in wastewater corrected for rain impact and covered population size. Three alerting indicators were included in the weekly epidemiological assessment:... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | journalarticle |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
Schlagwörter: | Medicine and Health Sciences / wastewater-based epidemiology / public health authority / surveillance / alerting indicator / SARS-CoV-2 / viral load per capita / viral to faecal / ratio / correlation |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26917026 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01GS5DVGDNX9R7JPXMQVCXSFE8 |