Wastewater and surface monitoring to detect COVID-19 in elementary school settings: The Safer at School Early Alert project.
Rebecca Fielding-MillerSmruthi KarthikeyanTommi GainesRichard S GarfeinRodolfo SalidoVictor CantuLaura KohnNatasha K MartinCarrissa WijayaMarlene FloresVinton OmalekiAraz MajnoonianPatricia Gonzalez-ZunigaMegan NguyenAnh V VoTina LeDawn DuongAshkan HassaniAustin DahlSamantha TweetenKristen JepsenBenjamin HensonAbbas HakimAmanda BirminghamAdam M MarkChanond A NasamranSara Brin RosenthalNiema MoshiriKathleen M FischGreg HumphreySawyer FarmerHelena M TubbTommy VallesJustin MorrisJaeyoung KangBehnam KhaleghiColin YoungAmeen D AkelSean EilertJustin EnoKen CurewitzLouise C LaurentTajana Rosingnull nullRob KnightPublished in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2021)
Passive wastewater and surface environmental surveillance can identify up to 93% of on-campus COVID-19 cases in public elementary schools; positive samples can be sequenced to monitor for variants of concerns with neighborhood level resolution.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- physical activity
- sars cov
- mental health
- wastewater treatment
- healthcare
- public health
- anaerobic digestion
- copy number
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- quality improvement
- emergency department
- high school
- gene expression
- clinical decision support
- life cycle
- dna methylation
- electronic health record