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COVID-19 vaccine roll-out in South Africa: The added value of wastewater surveillance for SARS-CoV-2

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R A Street, A Mathee, R Johnson, C J F Muller, J Louw, M Mdhluli, H C Gelderblom, G E Gray

Authors' affiliations

R A Street, Environment and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Johannesburg, South Africa; Environmental Health Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

A Mathee, Environment and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Johannesburg, South Africa; Environmental Health Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

R Johnson, Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa; Division of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

C J F Muller, Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa; Division of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

J Louw, Biomedical Research and Innovation Platform, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa

M Mdhluli, Chief Research Operations Office, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa

H C Gelderblom, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Wash., USA

G E Gray, Office of the President, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa

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Keywords

COVID-19; Vaccines; Wastewater

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South African Medical Journal 2021;111(6):524-525. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i6.15698

Article History

Date submitted: 2021-05-31
Date published: 2021-05-31

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