Effectiveness of environmental surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 as an early warning system during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review

• Main Authors: Susanne Hyllestad (Author), Mette Myrmel (Author), Jose Antonio Baz Lomba (Author), Fredrik Jordhøy (Author), Svanhild Kjørsvik Schipper (Author), Ettore Amato (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: IWA Publishing, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Since infected persons shed SARS-CoV-2 in faeces before symptoms appear, environmental surveillance (ES) may serve as an early warning system (EWS) for COVID-19 and new variants of concern. The ES of SARS-CoV-2 has been widely reviewed; however, its effectiveness as an EWS for SARS-CoV-2 in terms of...