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Editorial
. 2021;19(3):1911-1915.
doi: 10.1007/s10311-021-01188-w. Epub 2021 Jan 28.

COVID-19 epidemiologic surveillance using wastewater

Virender K Sharma  1 , Chetan Jinadatha  2 , Eric Lichtfouse  3   4 , Etienne Decroly  5 , Jacques van Helden  6 , Hosoon Choi  2 , Piyali Chatterjee  2
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Editorial

COVID-19 epidemiologic surveillance using wastewater

Virender K Sharma et al. Environ Chem Lett. 2021.
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Fig. 1
Release of SARS-CoV-2 into wastewater and wastewater epidemiology. Adapted from Kitajima et al. (2020). COVID-19 patients shed SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in feces. The feces in the catchment are converged at the wastewater treatment facility. Wastewater samples are collected. Viral RNA in the wastewater is isolated and analyzed. SARS-CoV-2: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019, RNA: ribonucleic acid
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Procedure for analysis of viral RNA from SARS-CoV-2 in wastewaters, showing critical steps. RNA: ribonucleic acid, SARS-CoV-2: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, UWTP: urban wastewater treatment plant, RT-qPCR: reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, q-PCR: quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Adapted from Michael-Kordatou et al. (2020) with permission from Elsevier
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