CDC researchers found the virus in 81 percent of wastewater samples from long haul flights last year.
, conducted by the agency along with biotech company Ginko Bioworks, the authors tested wastewater samples from 80 flights that landed in John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City between August 1 to September 9, 2022. The team found that 65 sewage samples were positive. They also were able to get 27 genome sequences of WHAT from 25 of the samples and found evidence of BA.5, BA.4.6, and BA.2.75–all sublineages of the Omicron subvariant.
The testing added roughly three extra minutes to aircraft maintenance, did not require swabbing passengers, can be scaled up as needed, and is also relatively inexpensive. “This investigation demonstrated the feasibility of aircraft wastewater surveillance as a low-resource approach compared with individual testing to monitor SARS-CoV-2 variants without direct traveler involvement or disruption to airport operations,”The study provides an example of how aircraft and airport wastewater surveillance can help monitor the spread of pathogens around the globe.
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