| In 2019, the use of wastewater-based epidemiology on a large scale was closer to a pipe dream than reality. Three years and one global pandemic later, wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is finally being recognized for the data collection potential it provides for a vast array of pathogens. Tracing the cellular rudiments of disease-causing organisms and viruses excreted from the body provides a unique type of non-invasive, anonymized mass test. With the correct workflow, getting from waste to data can be done relatively simply and—importantly—universally for biological contaminants.
This visual article walks us through the steps of WBE and takes a look at some of the newest wastewater surveillance initiatives and research. Download Visual Article |
