Using wastewater to detect spread of coronavirus on UA campus
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.WASTEWATER BASEDEPIDEMIOLOGY/ ON CAMPUS.
ITS ATYPE OF TESTING METHOD THATRELIES ON TESTING WASTEWATERTO DETERMINE IF COVID-19 ISPRESENT -- EVEN IF PEOPLE AREA- SYMPTOMATIC.
THE UNIVERSITYSAYS USING THIS METHOD CANBE A LEADING INDICATOR OFDETECTING COVID-19 COMMUNITYSPREAD.
DR. ROBERT C.
ROBBINS,UARIZONA PRESIDENT .WHAT WERETRYING TO FIND ARE THOSEASYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUALS THATCOULD BE UNKNOWING VECTORSINFECTING PEOPLE.
IT PROVIDESA BROAD INDICATOR OF CHANGE INA BUILDING, BUT NOT NESECARIALA SPECIFIC ROOM.
ITS PART OFOUR OVERALL TEST, TRACE ANDTREAT PROTOCOL HERE AT THEUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA WHICHPROVIDES MORE PRECISETESTING./ THE UNIVERSITY HASSAMPLED ABOUT 20 BUILDINGSACROSS CAMPUS SO FAR.
APOSITIVE TEST CAME BACK THISWEEK.
EACH OF THE 330 STUDENTSAND WORKERS WERE TESTED.
THETWO PEOPLE WHO TESTED POSITIVE