Wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 during a mass sporting event in the City of Cape Town, Western Cape
Due to the decrease in clinical testing and the country being a popular destination for mass gatherings such as sporting events, the results from this study indicate the potential of wastewater surveillance providing supplementary information to form part of public health risk evaluations for mass gatherings.
Authors
- Renée Street (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1983-8968)
- Sizwe Nkambule (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3793-3544)
- Swastika Surujlal-Naicker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1081-8549)
- Rabia Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6328-0789)
- Angela Mathee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0060-829X)
Institutions
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- University of Johannesburg (ZA)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- City of Cape Town (ZA)
- Scientific Services (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2024-12-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1462629
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.33
Funders
- National Research Foundation
- South African Medical Research Council
- Medical Research Council