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Editor, Senior Moderator
Curr Opin Gastroenterol
. 2020 Oct 16.
doi: 10.1097/MOG.0000000000000692. Online ahead of print.
Tracking COVID-19 via sewage
Christopher M Rooney[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ines B Moura, Mark H Wilcox
Affiliations
Abstract
Purpose of review: We discuss the potential role of the faecal chain in COVID-19 and highlight recent studies using waste water-based epidemiology (WBE) to track severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
Recent findings: WBE has been suggested as an adjunct to improve disease surveillance and aid early detection of circulating disease. SARS-CoV-2, the aetiological agent of COVID-19, is an enveloped virus, and as such, typically not associated with the waste water environment, given high susceptibility to degradation in aqueous conditions. A review of the current literature supports the ability to detect of SARS-CoV-2 in waste water and suggests methods to predict community prevalence based on viral quantification.
Summary: The summary of current practices shows that while the isolation of SARS-CoV-2 is possible from waste water, issues remain regarding the efficacy of virial concentration and subsequent quantification and alignment with epidemiological data.
. 2020 Oct 16.
doi: 10.1097/MOG.0000000000000692. Online ahead of print.
Tracking COVID-19 via sewage
Christopher M Rooney[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ines B Moura, Mark H Wilcox
Affiliations
- PMID: 33074996
- DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0000000000000692
Abstract
Purpose of review: We discuss the potential role of the faecal chain in COVID-19 and highlight recent studies using waste water-based epidemiology (WBE) to track severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
Recent findings: WBE has been suggested as an adjunct to improve disease surveillance and aid early detection of circulating disease. SARS-CoV-2, the aetiological agent of COVID-19, is an enveloped virus, and as such, typically not associated with the waste water environment, given high susceptibility to degradation in aqueous conditions. A review of the current literature supports the ability to detect of SARS-CoV-2 in waste water and suggests methods to predict community prevalence based on viral quantification.
Summary: The summary of current practices shows that while the isolation of SARS-CoV-2 is possible from waste water, issues remain regarding the efficacy of virial concentration and subsequent quantification and alignment with epidemiological data.