Wastewater-based epidemiology for preventing outbreaks and epidemics in Latin America - lessons from the past and a look to the future

• Main Authors: Prado, Tatiana, Rey-Benito, Gloria, Miagostovich, Marize Pereira, Sato, Maria Inês Zanoli, Rajal, Veronica Beatriz, Filho, Cesar Rossas Mota, Pereira, Alyne Duarte, Barbosa, Mikaela Renata Funada, Mannarino, Camille Ferreira, da Silva, Agnes Soares
• Other Authors: Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Environmental Surveillance; Latin America
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/172064
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is an approach with the potential to complement clinical surveillance systems. Using WBE, it is possible to carry out an early warning of a possible outbreak, monitor spatial and temporal trends of infectious diseases, produce real-time results and generate repres...