A surveillance system proven during Covid-19 is now being used to track outbreaks of RSV.
By regularly testing virus levels in public wastewater, health institutions are able to target treatments and interventions to the worst-affected areas before doctors on the ground realize something’s going on.
A study of the Ontario experiment in RSV wastewater tracking found that it gives more than a month’s notice in identifying when RSV season begins, and nearly two weeks’ warning of a surge, compared to waiting for people to turn up sick. “We definitely see increases in wastewater starting before we see those same increases in clinical data like hospitalizations,” says Donnelly. Jasmine Reed, a CDC spokesperson, says that wastewater analysis complements other surveillance systems.
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