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Volume 30, Supplement - Infectious Diseases and Carceral Health

SUPPLEMENT ISSUE
Surveillance

Correlation of SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater and Individual Testing Results in a Jail, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Lindsay B. Saber, Shanika S. Kennedy, Yixin Yang, Kyler N. Moore, Yuke Wang, Stephen P. Hilton, Tylis Y. Chang, Pengbo Liu, Victoria L. Phillips, Matthew J. Akiyama, Christine L. Moe, and Anne C. SpauldingComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (L.B. Saber, S.S. Kennedy, Y. Yang, K.N. Moore, Y. Wang, S.P. Hilton, P. Liu, V.L. Phillips, C.L. Moe, A.C. Spaulding); Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, New York, USA (T.Y. Chang); Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA (M.J. Akiyama)

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Figure 1

Moore swab: 4-in by 4-in cotton gauze squares tied together with nylon fishing line (21).

Figure 1. Moore swab: 4-in by 4-in cotton gauze squares tied together with nylon fishing line (21).

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