SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in untreated wastewater: detection of viral RNA in a low-resource community in Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Main Authors: Néstor Gabriel Iglesias (Author), Leopoldo Germán Gebhard (Author), Juan Manuel Carballeda (Author), Ignacio Aiello (Author), Emiliano Recalde (Author), Gabriel Terny (Author), Silvina Ambrosolio (Author), Gabriela LArco (Author), Jonatan Konfino (Author), Juan Ignacio Brardinelli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pan American Health Organization, 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. To measure SARS-CoV-2 RNA in sewage in a low-resource community in order to determine if it can be considered as an estimator of changes in the prevalence of COVID-19 in the population. Methods. In this descriptive observational study we collected samples of surface waters contaminated wi...