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Publication Date
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2026-07-06 |
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Title
| A survey of the representativeness and usefulness of wastewater-based surveillance systems in 10 countries across Europe in 2023 [* Cross-Reference *] |
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Other Identifier
| https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.33.2400096
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Author
| Benedetti, Guido (Statens Serum Institut)
Wulff Krogsgaard, Lene (Statens Serum Institut)
Maritschnik, Sabine (Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety)
Stüger, Hans Peter (Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety)
Hutse, Veronik (Sciensano)
Janssens, Raphael (Sciensano)
Blomqvist, Soile (Terveyden ja Hyvinvoinnin Laitos)
Pitkänen, Tarja (Terveyden ja Hyvinvoinnin Laitos, Eläinlääketieteellinen Tiedekunta)
Koutsolioutsou, Anastasia (Hellenic National Public Health Organisation)
Róka, Eszter (National Center for Public Health and Pharmacy)
Vargha, Marta (National Center for Public Health and Pharmacy)
La Rosa, Giuseppina (Istituto Superiore Di Sanita)
Suffredini, Elisabetta (Istituto Superiore Di Sanita)
Cauchie, Henry Michel (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology)
Ogorzaly, Leslie (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology)
van der Beek, Rudolf F.H.J. (Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu)
Lodder, Willemijn J. (Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu)
Madslien, Elisabeth Henie (Folkehelseinstituttet)
Baz Lomba, Jose Antonio (Folkehelseinstituttet)
Ethelberg, Steen (Statens Serum Institut, Københavns Universitet) |
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Description
| Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) has become a widespread method to monitor transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other human pathogens in Europe. We conducted a survey about WBS systems’ objectives, approaches, representativeness and usefulness in 10 invited European countries in 2023, i.e. Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Norway. All countries completed the study questionnaire about their SARS-CoV-2 WBS systems, and shared information about WBS of other pathogens as deemed relevant. SARS-CoV-2 WBS systems primarily monitored national and subnational trends (population coverage: 25–99%), and a majority (8/10) also tracked variant distribution. Nine of 10 countries reported that their SARS-CoV-2 WBS systems were representative of their population and all countries remarked that the findings were valuable for public health decision-making. Results were shared with relevant public health authorities and published via dedicated websites and/or dashboards. WBS systems of other pathogens were mostly in the early stages, with some countries implementing pilots. Notable exceptions were the well-established poliovirus surveillance systems in Finland, Italy and the Netherlands. This study brings understanding the diverse landscape of WBS in Europe, offering insights for future developments and collaborations. Furthermore, it highlights the need for further integration of WBS into other European surveillance systems. (2024-08-15)
***This entry has been automatically imported via Infodoc(ASO) CSV by LIST harvest scripts. Please refer to https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.33.2400096 for the original and latest version of the dataset and data downloads*** (2026-06-24) |
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Subject
| Earth and Environmental Sciences |
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Keyword
| WBS
WBS systems
widespread method
method to monitor
monitor transmission |
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Funding Information
| DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology: 060701/2021/864407/ SUB/ENV |
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Deposit Date
| 2024-08-15 |
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Data Type
| Article |
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Data Source
| Eurosurveillance; ISSN: 1025496X, eISSN: 15607917, vol. 29, n° 33, 2024 |