Wastewater Surveillance- A Sentinel for Diseases
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A recent study in The Lancet Global Health journal highlighted the utility of wastewater surveillance in pursuit of public health.
What is wastewater surveillance?
- It refers to the use of waste water for public health surveillance.
- It is a tool for disease monitoring and for early detection of community infections.
- This strategy, proposed over 80 years ago, calls for the collection of wastewater samples and its testing for pathogens like bacteria and viruses.
- It relies on the fact that infected persons, including asymptomatic ones, shed pathogens through urine
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