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First confirmed detection of SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewater in Australia: A proof of concept for the wastewater surveillance of COVID-19 in the community

The Science of The Total Environment · 2020 · Vol. 728 · pp. 138764–138764

Warish Ahmed✉(CSIRO Land and Water)Nicola Angel(The University of Queensland)Janette Edson(The University of Queensland)Kyle Bibby(University of Notre Dame)Aaron Bivins(University of Notre Dame)Jake O’Brien(The University of Queensland)Phil M. Choi(The University of Queensland)Masaaki Kitajima(Hokkaido University)Stuart L. Simpson(CSIRO Land and Water)Jiaying Li(The University of Queensland)Benjamin J. Tscharke(The University of Queensland)Rory Verhagen(The University of Queensland)Wendy Smith(Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)Julian Zaugg(The University of Queensland)Leanne Dierens(The University of Queensland)Philip Hugenholtz(The University of Queensland)Kevin V. Thomas(The University of Queensland)Jochen F. Mueller(The University of Queensland)

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SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Biosensors and Analytical DetectionWastewaterCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)PopulationVirologyBiologySewage treatmentEnvironmental scienceVeterinary medicineEnvironmental health

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BetacoronavirusCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2HumansMonte Carlo MethodPneumonia, ViralQueenslandRNA, ViralCoronavirus InfectionsReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionPandemicsWastewaterEpidemiological Monitoring