Wastewater surveillance for rapid identification of infectious diseases in prisons

Affiliations

¹ Cranfield University, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL, UK. Electronic address: francis.hassard@cranfield.ac.uk.
² Christina Lee Brown Environment Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
³ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁴ Ministry of Justice, London, UK.
⁵ Institute of Public Health and Wellbeing, University of Essex, Colchester, UK.
⁶ School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.

Francis Hassard et al. Lancet Microbe. 2022 Aug.

. 2022 Aug;3(8):e556-e557.

doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(22)00154-9. Epub 2022 Jun 7.

¹ Cranfield University, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL, UK. Electronic address: francis.hassard@cranfield.ac.uk.
² Christina Lee Brown Environment Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
³ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁴ Ministry of Justice, London, UK.
⁵ Institute of Public Health and Wellbeing, University of Essex, Colchester, UK.
⁶ School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK.

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Conflict of interest statement

MDC and DG contributed equally to writing this Comment. We declare no competing interests.

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