Assessment and application of GeneXpert rapid testing for respiratory viruses in school wastewater
Jingjing Wu, Katherine B. Ensor, Loren Hopkins, Lauren B. Stadler
Environmental Science Water Research & Technology · 2024-11
Abstract
The GeneXpert system is cost-effective for low numbers of samples and can be used for wastewater monitoring of respiratory viruses in schools. The results were reproducible and comparably sensitive to filtration-ddPCR for SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A.
MeSH terms
- GeneXpert MTB/RIF
- Wastewater
- Medicine
- Airborne transmission
- Respiratory system
- Indoor bioaerosol
- Virology
- Environmental health
- Intensive care medicine
- Infectious disease (medical specialty)
- Environmental science