Estimating the minimum number of SARS-CoV-2 infected cases needed to detect viral RNA in wastewater: To what extent of the outbreak can surveillance of wastewater tell us? - Hong, Pei-Ying; Rachmadi, Andri Taruna; Mantilla-Calderon, David; Alkahtani, Mohsen; Bashawri, Yasir M.; Al Qarni, Hamed; O'Reilly, Kathleen M.; Zhou, Jianqiang (Environmental research, 2021)
Keywords: activated sludge; COVID-19; Detection sensitivity; Disease Outbreaks; epidemiology; genes; hospitals; Humans; Log reduction; monitoring; nucleocapsid; Reverse transcription quantitative PCR; RNA; RNA, Viral - genetics; SARS-CoV-2; septic systems; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; total organic carbon; viruses; Wastewater; wastewater treatment; Wastewater-based epidemiology; water quality; COVID-19; Detection sensitivity; Log reduction; Reverse transcription quantitative PCR; Wastewater-based epidemiology