CNN —The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expanding its infectious disease surveillance program at four major US airports to more than 30 pathogens, including flu, RSV and other respiratory viruses.
The program currently operates Covid-19 surveillance at seven major international airports in the United States.
The traveler surveillance program was introduced in 2021 when the CDC began collecting nasal swab samples from anonymous international travelers arriving at participating airports who volunteer to get swabbed.
The program has collected samples from travelers from more than 135 countries and has sequenced more than 14,000 samples for further analysis.
The wastewater program, which was introduced in August 2022, collects wastewater from a single plane using a custom-made collection device.
Persons:
Dr, Cindy Friedman, John F, “, ” Friedman, Friedman, Ginkgo Bioworks, Matthew McKnight, ” McKnight, Sanjay Gupta, Deidre McPhillips
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CNN, Centers for Disease Control, CDC’s, Health, Boston Logan International Airport, San Francisco International Airport, Dulles International, Washington , D.C, Kennedy International, CDC, Get CNN, CNN Health
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United States, Washington ,, New York, Ginkgo