Norovirus outbreaks are detectable by wastewater monitoring earlier than by other surveillance methods depending on reporting practices, making this a potentially important public health tool

Norovirus outbreaks are detectable by wastewater monitoring earlier than by other surveillance methods depending on reporting practices, making this a potentially important public health tool. 

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/water/article?id=10.1371/journal.pwat.0000198

Article Title: Norovirus GII wastewater monitoring for epidemiological surveillance

Author Countries: USA

Funding: This study was supported by funding from the University of Michigan through the Public Health Infection Prevention and Response Advisory Committee (PHIPRAC – KRW and MCE co-PIs), and from the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services through the Michigan Sequencing Academic Partnership for Public Health Innovation and Response (MI-SAPPHIRE) grant (S MA-2022 (ELCEDE-UM) 10/01/2021 – 07/31/2024, (BF mPI) and wastewater surveillance program (SEWER network grant, KRW and MCE co-PIs). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.