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Analyser les eaux usées pour une meilleure gestion de la Covid-19 [Translation: Analysing wasterwater to better management of Covid-19]

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • start year

    2020

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $0

  • Funder

    AXA

  • Principal Investigator

    Dr. Mari Winkler

  • Research Location

    United States of America

  • Lead Research Institution

    University of Washington

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Pathogen: natural history, transmission and diagnostics

  • Research Subcategory

    Environmental stability of pathogen

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Unspecified

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

The reopening of the economy and the efficient allocation of medical resources are two challenges requiring an unprecedented development of our capacity to test, monitor and treat COVID-19. To answer it, Dr. Mari Winkler, laureate of the AXA Research Fund at the University of Washington in the United States, is working to detect COVID-19 in wastewater treatment plants. Mari Winkler is seeking to identify the virus at a community level before using individual tests. Wastewater testing is a valuable tool in trying to stem the flow of COVID-19. It not only makes it possible to detect the presence of the virus, but also to monitor its spread and to test primarily communities that do not have access to individual tests.