Population
Raw sewage samples from a disposal plant serving ~300,000 inhabitants, 805 fecal specimens from patients…
Design
Other
Follow-up
2 years (April 2006 to March 2008)
Authors
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Sewage surveillance may track community norovirus including asymptomatic infections; leaves open prospective validation before public health adoption.
Environmental surveillance of raw sewage effectively reflects the circulation of noroviruses and sapoviruses in the community, including asymptomatic infections.
Iwai et al. (2009) studied this question.
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