A sustainable early warning monitoring system can overcome key limitations of conventional approaches for managing infectious diseases and epidemics.It enables consistent monitoring of pathogens,including SARSCoV-2,in...A sustainable early warning monitoring system can overcome key limitations of conventional approaches for managing infectious diseases and epidemics.It enables consistent monitoring of pathogens,including SARSCoV-2,in wastewater treatment plants(WWTPs).Wastewater-based epidemiology(WBE)analyses biological markers excreted in sewage to monitor community health.It has emerged as a powerful tool because it is cost-effective,non-invasive,and capable of detecting pathogen circulation within the population,even before clinical cases are reported[1].These features provide WBE a clear advantage over traditional clinical testing,particularly by enabling the early detection of new variants[2].展开更多
基金supported by the UKRI NERC Fellowship(NE/R013349/2)the UKRI NERC N-WESP(NE/V010441/1)+1 种基金the NERC Innovative Sensing(NE/Z503538/1)the Leverhulme Trust Research Leadership Awards(RL-2022-041)。
文摘A sustainable early warning monitoring system can overcome key limitations of conventional approaches for managing infectious diseases and epidemics.It enables consistent monitoring of pathogens,including SARSCoV-2,in wastewater treatment plants(WWTPs).Wastewater-based epidemiology(WBE)analyses biological markers excreted in sewage to monitor community health.It has emerged as a powerful tool because it is cost-effective,non-invasive,and capable of detecting pathogen circulation within the population,even before clinical cases are reported[1].These features provide WBE a clear advantage over traditional clinical testing,particularly by enabling the early detection of new variants[2].
