Implementation of environmental surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 virus to support public health decisions: opportunities and challenges

G Medema, F Been, L Heijnen, S Petterson - Current opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Analysing wastewater can be used to track infectious disease agents that are shed via stool
and urine. Sewage surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 has been suggested as a tool to determine
the extent of COVID-19 in cities and serve as an early warning for (re-) emergence of SARS-
CoV-2 circulation in communities. The focus of this review is on the strength of evidence,
opportunities and challenges for the application of sewage surveillance to inform public
health decision making. Considerations for undertaking sampling programs are reviewed …
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