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Summary

As evidenced by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, pathogenic viruses represent a major global threat to human health and wellbeing. Over the last decade, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ research has developed a range of analytical tools, technologies and models for the effective surveillance of harmful viruses in the wider environment, leading to risk-based industry standards.  

Working in partnership with UK and devolved governments, our wastewater-based surveillance tools have been adopted, piloted and rolled out at the national scale: (a) for whole-community monitoring of COVID-19 incidence, (b) to provide an early warning system to protect critical national infrastructure from SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks, (c) as a decision support tool to show which city areas should be targeted for mass testing, and (d) to evaluate the success of COVID-19 mitigation measures. 

Researchers

• Professor Davey Jones
• Professor James McDonald
• Dr Kata Farkas
• Dr Shelagh Malham
• Professor Lewis Le Vay
• Professor Colin Jago
• Dr Peter Robins 
• Professor Julia Jones