BOSTON — Expanded use of wastewater surveillance confirmed spikes in clinical cases of COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus in one of Canada’s largest cities, according to study findings presented at IDWeek.
Kristine Du, BSc, a lab technician at the University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, noted during a press conference that wastewater surveillance has been validated as a useful tool to monitor community spread of SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The CDC has tracked SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater since 2020 and began including wastewater surveillance data