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Re:SARS-CoV-2 titers in wastewater are higher than expected ... by monktastic1 on Friday April 10, 2020 @10:07AM (#22833132)
There was also this report from northern Italy, where 40 of 60 asymptomatic blood donors were found to have antigens (incorrectly described as antibodies in the article, from what I've been told):

https://it.finance.yahoo.com/notizie/coronavirus-castiglione...

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Re:SARS-CoV-2 titers in wastewater are higher than expected ... by ZitchDog on Friday April 10, 2020 @10:10AM (#22833161)
Antigen is the actual virus.
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Re:SARS-CoV-2 titers in wastewater are higher than expected ... by monktastic1 on Friday April 10, 2020 @03:45PM (#22836662)
I had understood it to mean viral proteins or RNA and not necessarily the full virus.
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