SARS-CoV-2 variant detection from wastewater: rapid spread of B.1.1.7 lineage in Hungary

• Main Authors: Eszter Róka (Author), Dániel Déri (Author), Bernadett Khayer (Author), Zoltán Kis (Author), Eszter Schuler (Author), Nóra Magyar (Author), Bernadett Pályi (Author), Tamás Pándics (Author), Márta Vargha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: IWA Publishing, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a recognised tool for tracking community transmission of COVID-19. From the second half of 2020, the emergence of new, highly infective, more pathogenic or vaccine-escape SARS-CoV-2 variants is the major public health concern. Variant analysis in sewage might a...