Monitoring occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 in school populations: A wastewater-based approach
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Clinical testing of children in schools is challenging, with economic implications limiting its frequent use as a monitoring tool of the risks assumed by children and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, a wastewater-based epidemiology approach has been used to monitor 16 schools (10 primary, 5 secondary and 1 post-16 and further education) in England. A total of 296 samples over 9 weeks have been analysed for N1 and E genes using qPCR methods. Of the samples returned, 47.3% were positive for one or both genes with a detection frequency in line with the respective local community. WBE offers a low cost, non-invasive approach for supplementing clinical testing and can provide longitudinal insights that are impractical with traditional clinical testing.
Date Issued
2022-06-17
Date Acceptance
2022-06-03
Citation
PLoS One, 2022, 17 (6), pp.1-15
ISSN
1932-6203
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Start Page
1
End Page
15
Journal / Book Title
PLoS One
Volume
17
Issue
6
Copyright Statement
Copyright: © 2022 Castro-Gutierrez et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Science & Technology - Other Topics
COVID-19
CHILDREN
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN e0270168
Date Publish Online
2022-06-17