To effectively control the ongoing outbreaks of fast-spreading SARS-CoV-2 variants, there is an urgent need to add rapid variant detection and discrim...Read more

Background: Sewage surveillance, by detecting SARS-CoV-2 virus circulation at the community level, has the potential to supplement individual surveill...Read more

香港大學的跨學科團隊成功研發出一種新檢測方法，可在數小時內分辨污水中不同的新冠病毒及其變種病毒。該方法已成功應用於柴灣收集到的一個污水樣本中，檢測出β變種（即最早在南非發現的B.1.351突變株）的N501Y突變和其他陽性信號。該團隊自去年起與政府合作進行污水檢測，至今找出逾50宗確診個案。...

Wastewater surveillance is a promising tool for population-level monitoring of the spread of infectious diseases, such as the coronavirus disease 2019...Read more

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) has emerged as a cost-effective and unbiased tool ...Read more

Early detection and surveillance of severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus are key pre-requisites for the effective contro...Read more

Sewage surveillance could help develop proactive response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, but currently there are limited reports...Read more

The effective application of wastewater surveillance is dependent on testing capacity and sensitivity to obtain high spatial resolution testing result...Read more

Abstract Sewage surveillance is increasingly employed as a supplementary tool for COVID-19 control. Experiences learnt from large-scale trials could ...Read more