Casey Barber, Lung-Chang Chien, Brian Labus (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Edwin Oh (School of Medicine and the College of Sciences), Lung-Wen Antony Chen (Environmental and Global Health), and colleagues published an article on "" in the journal Epidemiology and Infection.
Using joinpoint regression, this study identified significant positive and negative trends and trend turning points in sewershed-specific SARS-CoV-2 RNA wastewater concentrations and COVID-19 confirmed case rates between June 2020 and April 2023. These findings guide future applications of advanced statistical methodologies and support the continued integration of wastewater-based epidemiology as a complementary approach to traditional COVID-19 surveillance systems.
Lung-Wen Antony Chen is the corresponding author. Casey Barber obtained her PhD in Public Health from 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ in 2024.
