Gouthami Rao

Abstract Moore swabs have been used extensively for passive sampling in wastewater surveillance, typically yielding presence/absence information for targets of interest. Quantitative analysis of Moore swab data is only possible if target uptake is well characterized, specifically the relationship between quantity of the target in the liquid sample matrix and the quantity of target sorbing to the Moore swab as a function of time.

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