Statistical framework to support the epidemiological interpretation of SARS-CoV-2 concentration in municipal wastewater

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Bayes Theorem
COVID-19
Canada
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2
Wastewater-Based Epidemiological Monitoring
dc.contributor.author
Dai, Xiaotian
Champredon, David
Fazil, Aamir
Mangat, Chand S.
Peterson, Shelley W.
Mejia, Edgard M.
Lu, Xuewen
Chekouo, Thierry
dc.date.accessioned
2024-03-20T14:18:05Z
dc.date.available
2024-03-20T14:18:05Z
dc.date.issued
2022-08-05
dc.description.abstract - en
The ribonucleic acid (RNA) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) is detectable in municipal wastewater as infected individuals can shed the virus in their feces. Viral concentration in wastewater can inform the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic but observations can be noisy and sparse and hence hamper the epidemiological interpretation. Motivated by a Canadian nationwide wastewater surveillance data set, unlike previous studies, we propose a novel Bayesian statistical framework based on the theories of functional data analysis to tackle the challenges embedded in the longitudinal wastewater monitoring data. By employing this framework to analyze the large-scale data set from the nationwide wastewater surveillance program covering 15 sampling sites across Canada, we successfully detect the true trends of viral concentration out of noisy and sparsely observed viral concentrations, and accurately forecast the future trajectory of viral concentrations in wastewater. Along with the excellent performance assessment using simulated data, this study shows that the proposed novel framework is a useful statistical tool and has a significant potential in supporting the epidemiological interpretation of noisy viral concentration measurements from wastewater samples in a real-life setting.
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Dai X, Champredon D, Fazil A, Mangat CS, Peterson SW, Mejia EM, Lu X, Chekouo T. Statistical framework to support the epidemiological interpretation of SARS-CoV-2 concentration in municipal wastewater. Sci Rep. 2022 Aug 5;12(1):13490. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-17543-y.
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-17543-y
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2045-2322
dc.identifier.pubmedID
35931713
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https://open-science.canada.ca/handle/123456789/2170
dc.language.iso
en
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Nature
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
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Gold
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Or
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.fr
dc.subject - en
Health
dc.subject - fr
Santé
dc.subject.en - en
Health
dc.subject.fr - fr
Santé
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Statistical framework to support the epidemiological interpretation of SARS-CoV-2 concentration in municipal wastewater
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Article
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Article
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13490
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Scientific Reports
local.article.journalvolume
12
local.peerreview - en
Yes
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Oui
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