Using Wastewater Surveillance to Understand Infectious Disease Trends
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In this third session of the Building Bridges Across the Laboratory Community series, we are excited to bring you a case study featuring collaborations in support of the CDC’s National Wastewater Surveillance System. Wastewater Surveillance has been used since the 1960s to identify communities with polio transmission. During the COVID pandemic, this surveillance approach was modified to detect infection trends. Wastewater data is a leading indicator of increases and decreases in COVID and is used to inform public health messaging, resource allocation and personal decisions, like masking and travel.
Faculty
Amy Kirby, PhD, MPH
National Wastewater Surveillance System Lead, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
