Containing Campus Contagions: The Role of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology in a Potential “Tripledemic”

College campuses face a unique challenge in the midst of respiratory infections like COVID-19, RSV, and Flu: close-knit communities and tight living quarters that fuel their spread. The COVID-19 pandemic in particular highlighted the detrimental impact of campus closures and abrupt transitions to online learning on student populations.

It is critical to keep students, faculty, university administrators, and university student health services informed about on-campus infection rates and target public health messages directly in order to combat respiratory diseases and contain their spread on campus—and in our communities. Learn how wastewater testing is a powerful tool for achieving these goals by downloading our eBook.