Wastewater-based epidemiology: the crucial role of viral shedding dynamics in small communities

• Main Authors: Marc-Denis Rioux (Author), François Guillemette (Author), Karine Lemarchand (Author), Kim Doiron (Author), Jean-François Lemay (Author), Thomas Maere (Author), Patrick Dolcé (Author), Patrik Quessy (Author), Nanouk Abonnenc (Author), Peter A. Vanrolleghem (Author), Dominic Frigon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundWastewater surveillance (WWS) of pathogens is a rapidly evolving field owing to the 2019 coronavirus disease pandemic, which brought about a paradigm shift in public health authorities for the management of pathogen outbreaks. However, the interpretation of WWS in terms of clinical cases r...