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We report widespread detection of parvovirus B19 in Texas Wastewater using hybrid-capture virome sequencing across 43 sites. Wastewater signal correlated with clinical cases at institutional, county, and state levels and preceded case surges by one month. Full-genome coverage enabled real-time mutation tracking, highlighting wastewater's utility for epidemiologic surveillance.
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Clark et al. (2025) studied this question.