Anssi Lipponen, Aleksi Kolehmainen, Sami Oikarinen, Anna-Maria Hokajärvi, Kirsi-Maarit Lehto, Annamari Heikinheimo, Jani Halkilahti, Aapo Juutinen, Oskari Luomala, Teemu Smura, Kirsi Liitsola, Soile Blomqvist, Carita Savolainen-Kopra, Tarja Pitkänen
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants may have different characteristics, e.g., in transmission, mortality, and the effectiveness of vaccines, indicating the importance of variant detection at the population level. Wastewater-based surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 RNA fragments has been shown to be an effective way to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic at the population level. Wastewater is a complex sample matrix affected by environmental factors and PCR inhibitors, causing insufficient coverage in sequencing, for example...
April 2, 2024: Scientific Reports