The National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) : From inception to widespread coverage, 2020-2022, United States

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Wastewater surveillance is a valuable tool that can be used to track infectious diseases in a community. In September 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS) to coordinate and build the nation's capacity to detect and quantify concentrations of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in U.S. wastewater. This is the first surveillance summary of NWSS, covering September 1, 2020 to December 31, 2022. Through partnerships with state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments, NWSS became a national surveillance platform that can be readily expanded and adapted to meet changing public health needs. Beginning with 209 sampling sites in September 2020, NWSS rapidly expanded to >1500 sites by December 2022, covering ≈47 % of the U.S. population. As of December 2022, >152,000 unique wastewater samples have been collected by NWSS partners, primarily from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). WWTPs participating in NWSS tend to be larger than the average U.S. WWTP and serve more populated communities. In December 2022, ≈8 % of the nearly 16,000 U.S. WWTPs were participating in NWSS. NWSS partners used a variety of methods for sampling and testing wastewater samples; however, progress is being made to standardize these methods. In July 2021, NWSS partners started submitting SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing data to NWSS. In October 2022, NWSS expanded to monkeypox virus testing, with plans to include additional infectious disease targets in the future. Through the rapid implementation and expansion of NWSS, important lessons have been learned. Wastewater surveillance programs should consider both surge and long-term capacities when developing an implementation plan, and early standardization of sampling and testing methods is important to facilitate data comparisons across sites. NWSS has proven to be a flexible and sustainable surveillance system that will continue to be a useful complement to case-based surveillance for guiding public health action.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:924

Enthalten in:

The Science of the total environment - 924(2024) vom: 10. Apr., Seite 171566

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Adams, Carly [VerfasserIn]
Bias, Megan [VerfasserIn]
Welsh, Rory M [VerfasserIn]
Webb, Jenna [VerfasserIn]
Reese, Heather [VerfasserIn]
Delgado, Stephen [VerfasserIn]
Person, John [VerfasserIn]
West, Rachel [VerfasserIn]
Shin, Soo [VerfasserIn]
Kirby, Amy [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Infectious diseases
Journal Article
Mpox
Public health
RNA, Viral
SARS-CoV-2
Wastewater
Wastewater surveillance

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Date Completed 03.04.2024

Date Revised 03.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171566

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NLM369517075