Trends of Enterovirus D68 Concentrations in Wastewater, California, USA, February 2021-April 2023

Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Nov;29(11):2362-2365. doi: 10.3201/eid2911.231080.

Abstract

In this retrospective study, we measured enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) genomic RNA in wastewater solids longitudinally at 2 California, USA, wastewater treatment plants twice per week for 26 months. EV-D68 RNA was undetectable except when concentrations increased from mid-July to mid-December 2022, which coincided with a peak in confirmed EV-D68 cases.

Keywords: California; EV-D68; United States; acute flaccid myelitis; concentrations; enterovirus D68; respiratory infections; trends; viruses; wastewater; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • California / epidemiology
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Enterovirus D, Human* / genetics
  • Enterovirus Infections* / epidemiology
  • Enterovirus* / genetics
  • Humans
  • Myelitis* / epidemiology
  • RNA
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Wastewater

Substances

  • Wastewater
  • RNA