Wastewater surveillance as a predictive tool for COVID-19: A case study in Chengdu

Dan Kuang; Xufang Gao; Nan Du; Jiaqi Huang; Yingxu Dai; Zhenhua Chen; Yao Wang; Cheng Wang; Rong Lu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0324521

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Wastewater surveillance as a predictive tool for COVID-19: A case study in Chengdu

Dan Kuang,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental and School Health, Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0208-0812

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Xufang Gao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xufang Gao

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental and School Health, Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Nan Du,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Environmental and School Health, Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Jiaqi Huang,

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Environmental and School Health, Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Yingxu Dai,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental and School Health, Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Zhenhua Chen,

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Environmental and School Health, Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Yao Wang,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Environmental and School Health, Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Cheng Wang ,

Roles Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: deerong@126.com (RL); 421093@qq.com (CW)

Affiliation Department of Environmental and School Health, Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Rong Lu

Roles Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: deerong@126.com (RL); 421093@qq.com (CW)

Affiliation Department of Environmental and School Health, Chengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2977-9993

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Wastewater surveillance as a predictive tool for COVID-19: A case study in Chengdu

Dan Kuang,
Xufang Gao,
Nan Du,
Jiaqi Huang,
Yingxu Dai,
Zhenhua Chen,
Yao Wang,
Cheng Wang,
Rong Lu

Published: May 28, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324521

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