Building on the success of initiatives put forth during the COVID-19 pandemic response, US health officials are expanding wastewater surveillance programs to track other target pathogens and diseases of public health interest. The Houston Health Department in Houston, Texas, USA, conducted a hypothesis-generating study whereby infectious disease subject matter experts suggested potential targets. This study addressed 2 criteria recommended by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for selecting wastewater targets. Results can be used as a basis of a questionnaire for a future population-based study to recommend targets of highest priority to include for expanded wastewater sampling.

在应对新冠肺炎 (COVID-19) 大流行期间采取的举措取得成功的基础上，美国卫生官员正在扩大废水监测计划，以追踪其他涉及公共卫生利益的目标病原体和疾病。美国德克萨斯州休斯顿的休斯顿卫生部门进行了一项假设生成研究，传染病主题专家提出了潜在的目标。这项研究满足了美国国家科学院、工程院和医学院推荐的用于选择废水目标的 2 个标准。结果可用作未来基于人口的研究的调查问卷的基础，以推荐扩大废水采样的最高优先级目标。