Feasibility of wastewater-based detection of emergent pandemics through a global network of airports.

• Main Authors: Shihui Jin (Author), Borame L Dickens (Author), Kai Yee Toh (Author), David Chien Boon Lye (Author), Vernon J Lee (Author), Alex R Cook (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Wastewater-based surveillance has been put into practice during the pandemic. Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 in faeces of infected individuals, and high volume of passengers travelling by air, make it possible to detect virus from aircraft wastewater, lending itself to the potential identification of a n...