Wastewater sampling could be key to early warning of new disease outbreaks

Wastewater sampling could be key to early warning of new disease outbreaks

Source: The Guardian

Monitoring pathogens in sewer systems would be ‘major improvement’ on current techniques, new research shows

Wastewater sampling could predict new disease outbreaks and the emergence of new variants of pathogens weeks or months before they become widespread, new research shows.
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