Temporal Detection and Phylogenetic Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 in Municipal Wastewater

• Published in: Cell reports. Medicine Vol. 1; no. 6; p. 100098
• Main Authors: Nemudryi, Artem, Nemudraia, Anna, Wiegand, Tanner, Surya, Kevin, Buyukyoruk, Murat, Cicha, Calvin, Vanderwood, Karl K., Wilkinson, Royce, Wiedenheft, Blake
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 22.09.2020; Elsevier
• Subjects: Advanced Basic Science; COVID-19; genome sequencing; SARS-CoV-2; wastewater-based epidemiology; COVID-19; genome sequencing; SARS-CoV-2; wastewater-based epidemiology

SARS-CoV-2 has recently been detected in feces, which indicates that wastewater may be used to monitor viral prevalence in the community. Here, we use RT-qPCR to monitor wastewater for SARS-CoV-2 RNA over a 74-day time course. We show that changes in SARS-CoV-2 RNA concentrations follow symptom onse...