Wastewater surveillance could be a new way to track trends for illnesses like COVID

Pien Huang

April 22, 2023 / 5:00 am

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Public health officials say wastewater surveillance could help them track trends for many kinds of diseases - from COVID to polio - but only if they can keep the testing system going.

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Wastewater surveillance could be a new way to track trends for illnesses like COVID

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