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U of C says ‘genetic fingerprint’ from wastewater crucial for tracking COVID-19 outbreaks

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University of Calgary say a pilot project testing the city’s water is providing a valuable tool in the fight against COVID-19.“It’s similar to how detectives look for DNA evidence at a crime scene.

We’re looking for the RNA signal that the virus that causes COVID leaves behind in the wastewater,” said Kevin Frankowski, co-leader of the COVID-19 wastewater monitoring project at the university’s Cumming School of Medicine.“So we’re not looking for the virus itself — we’re looking for the genetic fingerprint that it leaves behind.”The research team provided a demonstration Wednesday in retrieving samples.

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