Nature Communications (Jul 2022)
An analysis of 45 large-scale wastewater sites in England to estimate SARS-CoV-2 community prevalence
- Mario Morvan,
- Anna Lo Jacomo,
- Celia Souque,
- Matthew J. Wade,
- Till Hoffmann,
- Koen Pouwels,
- Chris Lilley,
- Andrew C. Singer,
- Jonathan Porter,
- Nicholas P. Evens,
- David I. Walker,
- Joshua T. Bunce,
- Andrew Engeli,
- Jasmine Grimsley,
- Kathleen M. O’Reilly,
- Leon Danon
Affiliations
- Mario Morvan
- Data, Analytics, and Surveillance Group, UK Health Security Agency (Formerly part of the Joint Biosecurity Centre, Department of Health and Social Care)
- Anna Lo Jacomo
- Data, Analytics, and Surveillance Group, UK Health Security Agency (Formerly part of the Joint Biosecurity Centre, Department of Health and Social Care)
- Celia Souque
- Data, Analytics, and Surveillance Group, UK Health Security Agency (Formerly part of the Joint Biosecurity Centre, Department of Health and Social Care)
- Matthew J. Wade
- Data, Analytics, and Surveillance Group, UK Health Security Agency (Formerly part of the Joint Biosecurity Centre, Department of Health and Social Care)
- Till Hoffmann
- Data, Analytics, and Surveillance Group, UK Health Security Agency (Formerly part of the Joint Biosecurity Centre, Department of Health and Social Care)
- Koen Pouwels
- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance at University of Oxford in partnership with Public Health England
- Chris Lilley
- Data, Analytics, and Surveillance Group, UK Health Security Agency (Formerly part of the Joint Biosecurity Centre, Department of Health and Social Care)
- Andrew C. Singer
- UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
- Jonathan Porter
- Environment Agency, National Monitoring, Starcross
- Nicholas P. Evens
- Environment Agency, National Monitoring, Starcross
- David I. Walker
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
- Joshua T. Bunce
- Data, Analytics, and Surveillance Group, UK Health Security Agency (Formerly part of the Joint Biosecurity Centre, Department of Health and Social Care)
- Andrew Engeli
- Data, Analytics, and Surveillance Group, UK Health Security Agency (Formerly part of the Joint Biosecurity Centre, Department of Health and Social Care)
- Jasmine Grimsley
- Data, Analytics, and Surveillance Group, UK Health Security Agency (Formerly part of the Joint Biosecurity Centre, Department of Health and Social Care)
- Kathleen M. O’Reilly
- Data, Analytics, and Surveillance Group, UK Health Security Agency (Formerly part of the Joint Biosecurity Centre, Department of Health and Social Care)
- Leon Danon
- Data, Analytics, and Surveillance Group, UK Health Security Agency (Formerly part of the Joint Biosecurity Centre, Department of Health and Social Care)
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31753-y
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Wastewater surveillance could provide a means of monitoring SARS-CoV-2 prevalence that does not rely on testing individuals. Here, the authors report results from England’s national wastewater surveillance program, use it to estimate prevalence, and compare estimates with those from population-based prevalence surveys.
