Early detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection cases or outbreaks at nursing homes by targeted wastewater tracking

Affiliations

¹ Global Omnium, Valencia, Spain.
² Dirección de Atención Primaria, Departamento de Salud Clínico-Malvarrosa, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
³ Dirección de Enfermería, Departamento de Salud Clínico-Malvarrosa, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
⁴ Microbiology Service, Clinic University Hospital, INCLIVA Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain.
⁵ Department of Preventive Medicine and Quality Assurance, Clinic University Hospital, INCLIVA Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain.
⁶ Food Safety and Preservation Department, Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC), Valencia, Spain.
⁷ Microbiology Service, Clinic University Hospital, INCLIVA Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain; Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. Electronic address: david.navarro@uv.es.

Laura Davó et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul;27(7):1061-1063.

doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.02.003. Epub 2021 Feb 15.

¹ Global Omnium, Valencia, Spain.
² Dirección de Atención Primaria, Departamento de Salud Clínico-Malvarrosa, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
³ Dirección de Enfermería, Departamento de Salud Clínico-Malvarrosa, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
⁴ Microbiology Service, Clinic University Hospital, INCLIVA Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain.
⁵ Department of Preventive Medicine and Quality Assurance, Clinic University Hospital, INCLIVA Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain.
⁶ Food Safety and Preservation Department, Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC), Valencia, Spain.
⁷ Microbiology Service, Clinic University Hospital, INCLIVA Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain; Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. Electronic address: david.navarro@uv.es.

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