Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2023)

Trends of Enterovirus D68 Concentrations in Wastewater, California, USA, February 2021–April 2023

  • Alexandria B. Boehm,
  • Debra A. Wadford,
  • Bridgette Hughes,
  • Dorothea Duong,
  • Alice Chen,
  • Tasha Padilla,
  • Chelsea Wright,
  • Lisa Moua,
  • Teal Bullick,
  • Maria Salas,
  • Christina Morales,
  • Bradley J. White,
  • Carol A. Glaser,
  • Duc J. Vugia,
  • Alexander T. Yu,
  • Marlene K. Wolfe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2911.231080
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 11
pp. 2362 – 2365

Abstract

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In this retrospective study, we measured enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) genomic RNA in wastewater solids longitudinally at 2 California, USA, wastewater treatment plants twice per week for 26 months. EV-D68 RNA was undetectable except when concentrations increased from mid-July to mid-December 2022, which coincided with a peak in confirmed EV-D68 cases.

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