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Using Wastewater Surveillance Data to Support the COVID-19 Response in a Rural Community

January 20, 2023 • IUP-IRMC • Season 1 • Episode 3

In this episode, we discuss how wastewater surveillance was used to predict COVID-19 infection rates in a rural community setting. Our guest is Dr. Rick Adkins, IUP professor of mathematics.