This research examines the applicability of various wastewater based epidemiological (WBE) approaches to predicting Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) incidence in four different Maine communities.
The study analyzes the predictive fit of COVID-19 cases based on a simple predictive model, a linear regression model, and a Susceptible, Exposed, Infected, and Recovered (SEIR) differential equation model.
The findings further bolster existing evidence supporting that WBE can play a vital supplementary role in COVID-19 disease surveillance and prediction. predictive models through WBE is becoming an important public health surveillance tool and leveraging it in the future could provide numerous benefits to community level understanding and response related to population health.https://dune.une.edu/ph_ile/1001/thumbnail.jp
