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Release of SARS-CoV-2 into wastewater and wastewater epidemiology.
Adapted from Kitajima et al. (2020). COVID-19 patients shed SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in feces. The feces in the catchment are converged at the wastewater treatment facility. Wastewater samples are collected. Viral RNA in the wastewater is isolated and analyzed. SARS-CoV-2: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019, RNA: ribonucleic acid
