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Tracking viral RNA loads during in-sewer transport: insights from real-world field experiments

2026-02-10 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) is widely used to monitor respiratory viruses, yet uncertainties remain regarding how viral RNA concentrations in wastewater reflect infection dynamics. Specifically, diurnal variation in shedding and RNA losses during in-sewer transport can impact measured signals. We conducted a field study in a 5-km trunk sewer (travel time of one hour). Wastewater was sampled at the sewer inlet and outlet using autosamplers collecting time-proportional one-hour composite s...

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