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July 7, 2020

Waste-watching: Sewage can help track pandemic virus trends

By MALCOLM RITTER
AP Science Writer

NEW YORK — One county in Utah beat back a spike of pandemic virus infections in the spring, and another saw its rate jump. Both trends showed up in their sewage.

Yes, sewage. Across the U.S. and in Europe, researchers and health officials say they can track the course of a community outbreak of the new coronavirus by studying the waste flushed from its bathrooms. And that can provide a valuable addition to public health tools, they say.


 
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