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A novel wastewater-based epidemiology indexing method predicts SARS-CoV-2 disease prevalence across treatment facilities in metropolitan and regional populations

There is a need for wastewater based epidemiological (WBE) methods that integrate multiple, variously sized surveillance sites across geographic areas. We developed a novel indexing method, Melvin’s Index, that provides a normalized and standardized metric of wastewater pathogen load for qPCR assays...

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Autores principales: Melvin, Richard G., Hendrickson, Emily N., Chaudhry, Nabiha, Georgewill, Onimitein, Freese, Rebecca, Schacker, Timothy W., Simmons, Glenn E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8560786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34725394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-00853-y