Big Rose Web Design, LLC 1 article published in JoVE Biology Swabbing the Urban Environment - A Pipeline for Sampling and Detection of SARS-CoV-2 From Environmental Reservoirs Maria I. Rojas1,2, Steven S. Giles3, Mark Little1,2, Rafael Baron1,2, Isabella Livingston1,2, Taylor R. T. Dagenais3, Jason Baer1,2, Ana G. Cobián-Güemes1,2, Brandie White1,2, Forest Rohwer1,2 1Department of Biology, San Diego State University, 2Viral Information Institute, San Diego State University, 3Big Rose Web Design, LLC A citizen science project was designed to recruit San Diego residents to collect environmental samples for SARS-CoV-2. A multilingual web-based platform was created for data submission using a user-friendly mobile device interface. A laboratory information management system facilitated the collection of thousands of geographically diverse samples with real-time outcome tracking.
