Prisons are high-risk settings for infectious disease transmission, due to their enclosed and
semi-enclosed environments. The proximity between prisoners and staff, and the diversity of …

Prison populations are unlikely to have access to prompt, effective medical care as the
general population. Therefore, vaccination and effective surveillance systems have been …

SARS-CoV-2 and the resulting COVID-19 pandemic represents one of the greatest recent
threats to human health, wellbeing and economic growth. Wastewater-based epidemiology …

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has emerged as a key method for the continuous
monitoring of COVID-19 prevalence including circulating SARS-CoV-2 lineages. WBE …

Abstract Infection with SARS-CoV-2, the etiologic agent of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,
is accompanied by the shedding of the virus in stool. Therefore, the quantification of SARS …

Background Schools are high-risk settings for infectious disease transmission. Wastewater
monitoring for infectious diseases has been used to identify and mitigate outbreaks in many …

Purpose Accurate surveillance of the COVID-19 pandemic can be weakened by under-
reporting of cases, particularly due to asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic infections, resulting …

SARS-CoV-2 RNA quantification in wastewater is an important tool for monitoring the
prevalence of COVID-19 disease on a community scale which complements case-based …

Background Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) on an institutional level was
implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, including carceral facilities. In this study of a …

To assist public health responses to COVID-19, wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is
being utilised internationally to monitor SARS-CoV-2 infections at the community level …