Amato, Ettore
Hyllestad, Susanne
Heradstveit, Petter
Langlete, Petter
Moen, Line Victoria
Rohringer, Andreas
Pires, João
Baz Lomba, Jose Antonio
Bragstad, Karoline
Feruglio, Siri Laura
Aavitsland, Preben
Madslien, Elisabeth Henie
Funding for this research was provided by:
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Article History
Received: 2 May 2023
Accepted: 26 August 2023
First Online: 4 September 2023
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was approved by the Regional Committee for medical and healthcare research ethics – South-East C region (Reference REK 454077) based on the Norwegian Health Research Act. Regarding individual health data, only aggregated and anonymised health registry data received from Beredt C19 were used in this study. Beredt C19 registry was established according to the Health Preparedness Act §2-4. NIPH has conducted a data protection impact assessment of the register approved by the data protection officer at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. The use of these data for surveillance purposes, and in line with the terms for the register, does not require informed consent. Wastewater surveillance data derived from environmental pooled samples and not from individuals, therefore informed consent is not applicable.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.