One Way to Potentially Track Covid-19? Sewage Surveillance
New coronavirus research co-lead by Ali Boehm is tracking local wastewater and might provide a way for cities to detect flare-ups of Covid-19.
April 7, 2020
A Stanford University team wants to know whether passive forms of disease surveillance, like monitoring our sewers, could get us valuable information about Covid-19's spread.
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Contact Information
Rob Jordan
Associate Editor, Environment and Sustainability, Woods Institute
rjordan@stanford.edu
