Even though there have been practically no cases of clinical infection, wastewater samples show that the new omicron variant is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the Florida county that is home to the nation's largest ...
Dec 16, 2021
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Wastewater samples taken during 2020 show that methamphetamine use plunged in Australia during the first COVID-19 lockdown while cannabis use spiked, according to a new study led by the University of South Australia.
Aug 17, 2021
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People infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are known to shed it in their stool, even if they aren't experiencing any symptoms. With that in mind, University of California San Diego School of Medicine ...
Aug 11, 2021
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Wastewater samples prove everyone infected with COVID-19 'poops' out a little of the rapidly evolving disease. While researchers say the wastewater is not known to be infectious, it does show that COVID-19—the root cause ...
Apr 2, 2021
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The Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand and the United States are consuming the highest amounts of designer 'party' drugs, according to wastewater samples taken from eight countries over the New Year period.
Feb 22, 2021
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Viral genome sequencing of wastewater can detect new SARS-CoV-2 variants before they are detected by local clinical sequencing, according to a new study reported in mBio, an open-access journal of the American Society for ...
Jan 19, 2021
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FRANKFURT/AACHEN. Since the beginning of the pandemic, research groups have been working on methods to detect SARS-CoV-2 viruses in wastewater to be used to monitor the degree of COVID-19 transmission among the population. ...
Aug 24, 2020
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Tracking the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic is currently conducted by testing nasal swabs or saliva samples. Tools and techniques to track the spread of the pandemic by other means would be very beneficial; wastewater monitoring ...
Aug 12, 2020
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Australian researchers have achieved the first step in developing an early warning surveillance system to track COVID-19 prevalence in the community through tracing the presence of the novel coronavirus gene in raw sewage.
Apr 16, 2020
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