WBEready – Wastewater-based epidemiology and preparedness: research needs for an adaptive monitoring in the Public Health Service
Weber, F.; Schoth, J.; Jagemann, P.; Schmidt, T.; Widera, M.; Wilhelm, A.; Meyer, F.; Schmithausen, R.M.; Kraiselburd, I.; Moebus, S.; Schmiege, D.; Wintgens, T.; Linnemann, V.; Wolber, J. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2024 · Heft S 02 · S. 1 bis 1
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Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) was able to provide early indicators of an infectious event during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, complementing individual testing for outbreak detection. WBE also enables regional surveillance and can assist public health systems (PHS) in evaluating the effectiveness of infectious disease control measures. The German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) sees great benefit for the PHS in further development of WBE, even beyond COVID- 19. However, in order to bring the full potential of WBE into broad application, new analytical, technical, epidemiological, and institutional res…