COVID-19 Wastewater Testing

An early warning system

Credit: Antoine Doré

12+ years of experience in genomic analysis of water and wastewater

 

CosmosID, the company that provides the H2OBiome testing service, was founded in 2008 by Dr. Rita Colwell, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland at College Park and at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the 11th director of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Her work has focused on global infectious diseases, water, and health. Dr. Colwell developed an international network to address emerging infectious diseases and water issues.

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Wastewater Monitoring for Early Detection and Action

“Depending on the frequency of testing, sewage surveillance can be a leading indicator of changes in COVID-19 burden in a community” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Image Credit: medRxiv preprint

How Does it Work?

 
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Easy Collection.

We will provide you with easy to use instructions and collection kits. You just need to bring the PPE and wastewater.

Ship.

Use provided material in the kit to Fedex your samples back to our lab.

Quick Results.

Results can be delivered as fast as same day!

Frederick County, Maryland and CosmosID

Meet with us

We’ll help your plan and implement a COVID-19 surveillance program