Wastewater-based surveillance as a tool for monitoring and estimating COVID-19 incidence and trends: Insights from Germany, 2022–2024
Wastewater surveillance correlates well with COVID-19 incidence, but real-time translation to incidence lacks precision. Trend prediction for the current week may demonstrate improved accuracy and may be valuable when case reporting is limited or delayed.
Authors
- Jakob Schumacher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9894-6085)
- Ann-Sophie Lehfeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1686-0289)
- Alexander Schattschneider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3714-3980)
- Susan Abunijela
- Peter Pütz
- Timo Greiner
- Udo Buchholz
Institutions
- Robert Koch Institute (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Science of The Total Environment
- Published
- 2026-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.181290
- Primary Topic
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00