Targeted Wastewater Surveillance during the World Athletics Championship, Oregon, USA, 2022
Emerging Infectious Diseases·
- DOI
- 10.3201/eid3213.260537
- PMID
- 42458209
- PMCID
- —
- OpenAlex
- W7168596144
- Study type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Article type
- journal-article
- Integrity
- current
Why this research matters now
Incorporating pathogen tracking into existing monitoring frameworks may supply supplementary early warning indicators during mass assembly scenarios.
Structured evidence summary
Research question
The investigation evaluated whether environmental sampling could effectively track multiple respiratory and enteric pathogens during a high-density international athletic event.
Study design
Researchers implemented a targeted environmental monitoring framework utilizing municipal wastewater infrastructure over a defined operational window.
Population and setting
Sampling captured effluent representing attendees and staff participating in the eighteenth World Athletics Championships located in Eugene, Oregon, United States, during 2022.
Main findings
Environmental testing successfully identified genetic markers for influenza A virus, SARS-CoV-2, and hepatitis A virus within the collected specimens. Assays targeting poliovirus produced ambiguous outcomes, whereas influenza B, hepatitis E, measles, and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus remained below detection thresholds.
Public-health relevance
Incorporating pathogen tracking into existing monitoring frameworks may supply supplementary early warning indicators during mass assembly scenarios.
Important limitations
This assessment depends entirely on the provided abstract and bibliographic metadata, which restricts detailed evaluation of laboratory methodologies, sample processing steps, and quantitative analytical limits. Comprehensive validation requires access to the complete manuscript for decision-grade interpretation.
GIDS interpretation
This publication documents multi-pathogen screening outcomes to support academic discourse on event-driven environmental epidemiology. It establishes a contextual reference for viral circulation patterns during large gatherings without implying alignment with active monitoring networks or real-time outbreak tracking systems.
Related GIDS surveillance
Literature context does not validate, explain, or change a surveillance signal. Exact and contextual relationships are shown separately.
Evidence relationships
This article has 11 auditable classifier relationships to diseases, places, topics, and study design.