SecureBio, Inc. @securebio.org · Jun 26 We created these estimates by analyzing nasal swabs, a recently added NAO sample stream. Collecting, pooling, and sequencing nasal swabs, we got a lot of information about the presence of cold viruses in the population, which we then linked with paired wastewater data.
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Using this we were able to estimate prevalence. We found that cold viruses are highly prevalent in winter: Many have a prevalence of 1% or higher!