Wastewater is a robust proxy for monitoring circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants.

Nat Biotechnol · 2022

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

Genomic surveillance is important for pandemic preparedness. By deep sequencing of wastewater samples, we monitored the genetic dynamics of circulating SARS-CoV-2 virus variants in Austria from December 2020 to February 2022. We show how wastewater-based epidemiology enables robust quantification of viral spatiotemporal dynamics as well as the detection of emergent new variants.

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