Imperial College London
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DrMariachiaraDi Cesare

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Honorary Research Fellow
 
 
 
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@article{Castro-Gutierrez:2022:10.1371/journal.pone.0270168,
author = {Castro-Gutierrez, V and Hassard, F and Vu, M and Leitao, R and Burczynska, B and Wildeboer, D and Stanton, I and Rahimzadeh, S and Baio, G and Garelick, H and Hofman, J and Kasprzyk-Hordern, B and Kwiatkowska, R and Majeed, A and Priest, S and Grimsley, J and Lundy, L and Singer, AC and Di, Cesare M},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0270168},
journal = {PLoS One},
pages = {1--15},
title = {Monitoring occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 in school populations: A wastewater-based approach},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270168},
volume = {17},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Clinical testing of children in schools is challenging, with economic implications limiting its frequent use as a monitoring tool of the risks assumed by children and staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, a wastewater-based epidemiology approach has been used to monitor 16 schools (10 primary, 5 secondary and 1 post-16 and further education) in England. A total of 296 samples over 9 weeks have been analysed for N1 and E genes using qPCR methods. Of the samples returned, 47.3% were positive for one or both genes with a detection frequency in line with the respective local community. WBE offers a low cost, non-invasive approach for supplementing clinical testing and can provide longitudinal insights that are impractical with traditional clinical testing.
AU  - Castro-Gutierrez,V
AU  - Hassard,F
AU  - Vu,M
AU  - Leitao,R
AU  - Burczynska,B
AU  - Wildeboer,D
AU  - Stanton,I
AU  - Rahimzadeh,S
AU  - Baio,G
AU  - Garelick,H
AU  - Hofman,J
AU  - Kasprzyk-Hordern,B
AU  - Kwiatkowska,R
AU  - Majeed,A
AU  - Priest,S
AU  - Grimsley,J
AU  - Lundy,L
AU  - Singer,AC
AU  - Di,Cesare M
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pone.0270168
EP  - 15
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 1932-6203
SP  - 1
TI  - Monitoring occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 in school populations: A wastewater-based approach
T2  - PLoS One
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270168
UR  - https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000829295700047&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=a2bf6146997ec60c407a63945d4e92bb
UR  - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0270168
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/102111
VL  - 17
ER  -
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