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Detection ratio and LoD of heat-inactivated SARS-CoV-2 virus in wastewater using both manual and automated methods.
| Method | Number of positive replicates (out of 8) at different concentrations of spiked Heat-Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater (copies/mL of wastewater) |
LoD (copies/mL of wastewater) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1E5 | 1E4 | 1E3 | 1E2 | ||
| Manual | 8/8 | 8/8 | 7/8 | 6/8 | 205.9 |
| Automated | 8/8 | 8/8 | 8/8 | 7/8 | 40.3 |
