Comparison of Different Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Methods for Wastewater Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2: Exploratory Study

• Main Authors: Annika Länsivaara (Author), Kirsi-Maarit Lehto (Author), Rafiqul Hyder (Author), Erja Sinikka Janhonen (Author), Anssi Lipponen (Author), Annamari Heikinheimo (Author), Tarja Pitkänen (Author), Sami Oikarinen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundMany countries have applied the wastewater surveillance of the COVID-19 pandemic to their national public health monitoring measures. The most used methods for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater are quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and reverse transcri...