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. 2020 Oct;38(10):1151-1153.
doi: 10.1038/s41587-020-0690-1.

Tracking COVID-19 with wastewater

David A Larsen #  1 , Krista R Wigginton #  2
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Tracking COVID-19 with wastewater

David A Larsen et al. Nat Biotechnol. 2020 Oct.

Abstract

Wastewater testing captures the rise and fall of novel coronavirus cases in a mid-sized metropolitan region.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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Fig. 1
Observed and theoretical time lags between infection and detection of increasing SARS-CoV-2 transmission in wastewater and the health system.
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