επιδημιολογία λυμάτων → sewage epidemiology, wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE), wastewater-based surveillance, sewage chemical-information mining
epidemiologia basata sulle acque reflue o sorveglianza basata sulle acque reflue o estrazione di informazioni chimiche sulle acque reflue
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) (or wastewater-based surveillance or sewage chemical-information mining) is a technique for determining the consumption of, or exposure to chemicals or pathogens in a population. This is achieved by measuring chemical or biological entities (biomarkers) in wastewater generated by the people contributing to a wastewater treatment plant catchment. Wastewater-based epidemiology is commonly used to estimate illicit drug use in communities or populations, but can be used to measure the consumption of alcohol, caffeine, various pharmaceuticals and other compounds. Wastewater-based epidemiology has also been adapted to measure the load of pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 in a community. It differs from traditional drug testing, urine or stool testing in that results are a population aggregate. Wastewater-based epidemiology is an interdisciplinary endeavour that draws on input from specialists such as wastewater treatment plant operators, analytical chemists and epidemiologists.
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