Ohio Coronavirus Wastewater Monitoring Network: implementation of statewide monitoring for protecting public health

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• Alternative Title:
  J Public Health Manag Pract
• Personal Author:
  Bohrerova, Zuzana ; Brinkman, Nichole E. ; Chakravarti, Ritu ; Chattopadhyay, Saurabh ; Faith, Seth A. ; Garland, Jay ; Herrin, James ; Hull, Natalie ; Jahne, Michael ; Kang, Dae-Wook ; Keely, Scott P. ; Lee, Jiyoung ; Lemeshow, Stan ; Lenhart, John ; Lytmer, Eva ; Malgave, Devesh ; Miao, Lin ; Minard-Smith, Angela ; Mou, Xiaozhen ; Nagarkar, Maitreyi ; Quintero, Anda ; Savona, Francesca D.R. ; Senko, John ; Slonczewski, Joan L. ; Spurbeck, Rachel R. ; Sovic, Michael G. ; Travis Taylor, R. ; Weavers, Linda K. ; Weir, Mark
• Description:
  Context:
  
  Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, wastewater influent monitoring for tracking disease burden in sewered communities was not performed in Ohio, and this field was only on the periphery of the state academic research community.
  
  Program:
  
  Due to the urgency of the pandemic and extensive state level support for this new technology to detect levels of community infection to aid in public health response, the Ohio Water Resources Center established relationships and support of various stakeholders. This enabled Ohio to develop a statewide wastewater SARS-CoV-2 monitoring network in two months starting in July 2020.
  
  Implementation:
  
  The current Ohio Coronavirus Wastewater Monitoring network (OCWMN) monitors over 70 unique locations twice per week, and publicly available data are updated weekly on the public dashboard.
  
  Evaluation:
  
  This manuscript describes the process and decisions that were made during network initiation, the network progression, and data applications, which can inform ongoing and future pandemic response and wastewater monitoring.
  
  Discussion:
  
  Overall, OCWMN established wastewater monitoring infrastructure and provided a useful tool for public health professionals responding to the pandemic.
  
  
• Keywords:
  COVID-19 COVID-19 Variants Early Warning Humans Ohio Pandemics Public Health Public Health Response SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Wastewater-based Epidemiology Wastewater Surveillance

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• Source:
  J Public Health Manag Pract. 29(6):845-853
• Pubmed ID:
  37738597
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10539008
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  NU50CK000543/CC/CDC HHSUnited States/ ; NU50CK000543/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d7144196b86059d74c6a2457cfaf65a8e6ec6f33a2e4dc09dff81a8d0c21c0c4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/133532/cdc_133532_DS1.pdf
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