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Tori L Cowger1, Madeline T Sharp1, Justin D Hart1
1All authors are with the Boston Public Health Commission, Boston, MA. Tori L. Cowger is also with the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Bisola O. Ojikutu and Kathryn T. Hall are also with Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Abstract:
Starting October 2022, the Boston Public Health Commission implemented a neighborhood-level wastewater-based epidemiology program to inform strategies to reduce COVID-19 inequities. We collected samples twice weekly at 11 neighborhood sites, covering approximately 18% of Boston, Massachusetts's population. Results from the program's first year revealed inequities unobservable in regional wastewater data both between the City of Boston and the greater Boston area and between Boston neighborhoods. We report program results and neighborhood-specific recommendations and resources to help residents interpret and use our findings. (Am J Public Health. 2024;114(11):1217-1221. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307749).
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