Environmental sampling as a tool to monitor enteric virus epidemiology KU Leuven
Our knowledge of the epidemiology of enteric viruses widely relies on testing capacity of clinics and clinical characteristics of infections. However, for only a few enteric viruses (e.g., poliovirus) environmental surveillance (soil and wastewater) is being used to track their existence among a population which leads to many important enteric viruses such as norovirus, rotavirus, and astrovirus being overlooked. In our project, we will use ...