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Metagenomic sequencing of composite airplane wastewater for surveillance of emerging viruses

2026-01-30 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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Robust early warning of emerging viruses requires sampling populations that drive spread coupled with assays capable of detecting new viral variants or species. Untargeted viral metagenomic sequencing can, in principle, detect any virus, including completely novel ones. Composite airplane wastewater enables monitoring long-distance travelers from central collection points; however, the performance of untargeted viral metagenomic sequencing in this sample type remains unknown. In municipal wastew...

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