2024
Yes
Use of passive samplers as sewage surveillance tool to monitor a hepatitis A outbreak at a school in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Oct 2022 - March 2023
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09938-1
de Jong, Maarten
Europe
Observational
Experimental
Students
Staff
Elementary (K-5)
Viruses
Infections
Sewage sampling
Passive samplers
hepatitis A virus
Outbreak detection
Sewage monitoring
Using passive samplers, researchers collected 88 sewage samples near a primary school during a hepatitis A outbreak, detecting HAV RNA in 25%. Sequencing linked samples to cases, supporting wastewater surveillance to improve outbreak monitoring in schools.
2024