Wastewater surveillance of pathogens can inform public health responses

Megan B Diamond^#¹, Aparna Keshaviah^#², Ana I Bento^{3

4}, Otakuye Conroy-Ben⁵, Erin M Driver^{6

7}, Katherine B Ensor⁸, Rolf U Halden^{6

7

9

10}, Loren P Hopkins^{8

11}, Katrin G Kuhn¹², Christine L Moe¹³, Eric C Rouchka¹⁴, Ted Smith¹⁴, Bradley S Stevenson¹⁵, Zachary Susswein³, Jason R Vogel¹⁶, Marlene K Wolfe¹³, Lauren B Stadler¹⁷, Samuel V Scarpino^{18

19

20

21}

Affiliations

¹ The Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY, USA. mdiamond@rockfound.org.
² Mathematica, Princeton, NJ, USA. akeshaviah@mathematica-mpr.com.
³ The Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
⁵ School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
⁶ Biodesign Center for Environmental Health Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
⁷ AquaVitas, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
⁸ Statistics Department, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
⁹ OneWaterOneHealth, Arizona State University Foundation, Tempe, AZ, USA.
¹⁰ Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
¹¹ City of Houston Health Department, Houston, TX, USA.
¹² University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
¹³ Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
¹⁴ University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
¹⁵ Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
¹⁶ University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA.
¹⁷ Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
¹⁸ The Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY, USA. sscarpino@rockfound.org.
¹⁹ Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. sscarpino@rockfound.org.
²⁰ University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA. sscarpino@rockfound.org.
²¹ Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA. sscarpino@rockfound.org.

^# Contributed equally.

Megan B Diamond et al. Nat Med. 2022 Oct.

. 2022 Oct;28(10):1992-1995.

doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01940-x.

¹ The Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY, USA. mdiamond@rockfound.org.
² Mathematica, Princeton, NJ, USA. akeshaviah@mathematica-mpr.com.
³ The Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
⁵ School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
⁶ Biodesign Center for Environmental Health Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
⁷ AquaVitas, Scottsdale, AZ, USA.
⁸ Statistics Department, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
⁹ OneWaterOneHealth, Arizona State University Foundation, Tempe, AZ, USA.
¹⁰ Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
¹¹ City of Houston Health Department, Houston, TX, USA.
¹² University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
¹³ Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
¹⁴ University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
¹⁵ Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
¹⁶ University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA.
¹⁷ Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.
¹⁸ The Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY, USA. sscarpino@rockfound.org.
¹⁹ Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. sscarpino@rockfound.org.
²⁰ University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA. sscarpino@rockfound.org.
²¹ Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA. sscarpino@rockfound.org.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

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