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How Scientists Track and Identify Diseases Like COVID-19 Through Sewage – Gizmodo Australia

The COVID-19 pandemic has reignited interest in wastewater surveillance, where sewage systems are monitored for the presence of viruses, bacteria and other pathogens….

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The COVID-19 pandemic has reignited interest in wastewater surveillance, where sewage systems are monitored for the presence of viruses, bacteria and other pathogens. Non-infective fragments of the viruss genetic material have been found in untreated wastewater in Italy, Spain, France, the United States and Canada.
Several cities are now using the approach to detect the infection, including Ottawa. At least one U.S. university has used wastewater surveillance to identify a COVID-19 outbreak, ordering…

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