Making waves: Wastewater-based epidemiology for COVID-19 – approaches and challenges for surveillance and prediction

• Published in: Water research (Oxford) Vol. 186; p. 116404
• Main Authors: Polo, David, Quintela-Baluja, Marcos, Corbishley, Alexander, Jones, Davey L., Singer, Andrew C., Graham, David W., Romalde, Jesús L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2020; The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd
• Subjects: Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus; Coronavirus Infections; COVID-19; COVID-19 infection; Environmental monitoring; feces; Humans; monitoring; pandemic; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral; prediction; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Sewage; statistics; wastewater; Wastewater-Based Epidemiological Monitoring; Wastewater-based epidemiology; water; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Coronavirus; Sewage; Environmental monitoring; Wastewater-based epidemiology

•Presence of SARS-CoV-2 in feces and wastewater constitutes a paradigm shift in surveillance.•WBE has potential as a surveillance and predictive tool during the COVID-19 pandemic.•Validated protocols for concentration and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 and other markers are needed. The presence of SAR...