학술논문

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater at Residential College, Maine, USA, August–November 2020
Document Type
article
Source
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 27, Iss 12, Pp 3111-3114 (2021)
Subject
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
respiratory infections
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
2019 novel coronavirus disease
coronavirus disease
Medicine
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Language
English
ISSN
1080-6040
1080-6059
Abstract
We used wastewater surveillance to identify 2 coronavirus disease outbreaks at a college in Maine, USA. Cumulative increases of >1 log10 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA in consecutive 24-hour composite samples preceded the outbreaks. For 76% of cases, RNA was identified in grab samples from residence halls