Wastewater monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 shows high correlation with COVID-19 case numbers and allowed early detection of the first confirmed B.1.1.529 infection in Switzerland: results of an observational surveillance study.

Claudia Bagutti,Monica Alt Hug,Philippe Heim,Laura Maurer Pekerman, Evelyn Ilg Hampe,Philipp Hübner,Simon Fuchs,Miodrag Savic,Tanja Stadler,Ivan Topolsky,Pelin Icer Baykal,David Dreifuss,Niko Beerenwinkel,Sarah Tschudin Sutter

Swiss medical weekly（2022）

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Abstract

In this proof-of-concept study, wastewater-based epidemiology proved a reliable and sensitive surveillance approach, complementing routine clinical testing for mapping COVID-19 pandemic dynamics and observing newly circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants.

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wastewater,infection,sars-cov

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