The Jiang Lab is leading wastewater-based surveillance efforts of SARS-CoV-2 on the UCI campus to help understand the spread of COVID-19 in the community. Weekly wastewater testing started in December of 2021 to help support public health awareness at UCI.

Sampling staff collecting a wastewater sample from an autosampler connected the sewer system.
Jiang Lab leads UCI wastewater-based surveillance of SARS-CoV-2.