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Editorial
. 2021 Mar-Apr:40:102006.
doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102006. Epub 2021 Feb 26.

On-board toilets of long-haul flights: is sewage epidemiology effective for COVID-19 global surveillance?

Irene Amoruso  1 , Tatjana Baldovin  2
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Editorial

On-board toilets of long-haul flights: is sewage epidemiology effective for COVID-19 global surveillance?

Irene Amoruso et al. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2021 Mar-Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: Aircraft toilet waste; COVID-19; Environmental surveillance; Global surveillance; SARS-CoV-2.

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The authors declare no competing financial interest.

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