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Comparison of RT-qPCR and Digital PCR Methods for Wastewater-Based Testing of SARS-CoV-2

2022-06-16 infectious diseases Title + abstract only
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Wastewater-based epidemiology is an important tool for monitoring SARS-CoV-2 and other molecular targets in populations, using wastewater as a pooled sample. We compared the sensitivity, susceptibility to inhibition, and quantification of reverse transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR), microfluidic well digital RT-PCR (RT-dPCR), and droplet digital RT-PCR (RT-ddPCR) measurements of SARS-CoV-2 (N1 gene target) and Pepper Mild Mottle Virus (PMMoV) RNA in 40 wastewater RNA extracts. All three met...

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