Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2024)

Correlation between Viral Wastewater Concentration and Respiratory Tests, Oregon, USA

  • Noah Lininger,
  • Rebecca Falender,
  • Paul Cieslak,
  • Arilene Novak,
  • M. Andraya Hendrick,
  • Devrim Kaya,
  • Casey Kanalos,
  • Oumaima Hachimi,
  • David Mickle,
  • Christine Kelly,
  • Tyler Radniecki,
  • Melissa Sutton

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3010.240637
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 10
pp. 2194 – 2196

Abstract

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We evaluated the association between wastewater concentration and weekly percent positivity of patient testing for SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus in Oregon, USA. We found strong, positive correlations for SARS-CoV-2 (ρ = 0.84, p<0.001), influenza (ρ = 0.73, p<0.001) and respiratory syncytial virus (ρ = 0.69, p<0.001).

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