Key result
Environmental surveillance combined with immunization records from >63,000 people demonstrated a dose-dependent relationship between the number of poliovirus shedders and poliovirus in sewage.
Population
Intersecting population between environmental surveillance data and records of supplemental immunization…
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May inform poliovirus outbreak monitoring; leaves open prospective validation of quantitative estimates.
Observational (n=63,000)
Yes
Environmental surveillance data can be quantitatively used to estimate the number of poliovirus infected individuals and monitor outbreaks.
Berchenko et al. (2017) conducted an observational in Poliovirus infection (n=63,000). Environmental surveillance was evaluated on Relationship between the number of poliovirus shedders and the amount of poliovirus in sewage. Environmental surveillance combined with immunization records from >63,000 people demonstrated a dose-dependent relationship between the number of poliovirus shedders and poliovirus in sewage.
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