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Multiplexed digital PCR techniques to monitor public health threats, including SARS-CoV-2 and hMPXV
Several academic, industry and public health laboratories successfully implemented wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) to track community-wide infection trends during the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital PCR (dPCR) technologies offer ultra-sensitive detection and resistance to inhibitors commonly present in concentrated wastewater extracts. As such, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) strictly endorses dPCR datasets for WBE. The current status of the pandemic seen through the WBE lens, unfortunately, reveals a spike across the United States. Mutational signature dPCR approaches indicate this spike is likely due to the Omicron BA.5 lineage's rapid emergence and spread.
Wastewater Monitoring for Monkeypox and SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Sublineages: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Several academic, industry and public health laboratories successfully implemented wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) to track community-wide infection trends during the COVID-19 pandemic. Shedding patterns of the monkeypox virus (hMPXV), a burgeoning, worldwide, and rapidly spreading pathogen, reveal a putative candidate for WBE.