Community-level wastewater surveillance with machine learning methods to assess underreporting of COVID-19 case counts

Nathan Szeto; Jianfeng Wu; Yili Wang; Xin Li; Zheshi Zheng; Leyao Zhang; Richard Neitzel; Marisa Eisenberg; J. Tim Dvonch; Alfred Franzblau; Peter X. K. Song; Chuanwu Xi

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Community-level wastewater surveillance with machine learning methods to assess underreporting of COVID-19 case counts

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Nathan Szeto, Jianfeng Wu, Yili Wang, Xin Li, Zheshi Zheng, Leyao Zhang, Richard Neitzel, Marisa Eisenberg, J. Tim Dvonch, Alfred Franzblau, Peter X. K. Song, Chuanwu Xi. Community-level wastewater surveillance with machine learning methods to assess underreporting of COVID-19 case counts. mLife, 2025, 4(6): 715-718 DOI:10.1002/mlf2.70055

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