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Editor, Senior Moderator
Sci Total Environ
. 2021 Jan 10;751:142325.
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142325. Epub 2020 Sep 10.
Review on the contamination of wastewater by COVID-19 virus: Impact and treatment
S Lahrich[SUP] 1 [/SUP], F Laghrib[SUP] 1 [/SUP], A Farahi[SUP] 2 [/SUP], M Bakasse[SUP] 3 [/SUP], S Saqrane[SUP] 1 [/SUP], M A El Mhammedi[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Emerging viruses are a major public health problem. Most zoonotic pathogens originate in wildlife, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), influenza, Ebola, and coronavirus. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus called SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV). Viruses are charged colloidal particles that have the ability to adsorb on surfaces depending on pH. Their sorptive interaction with solid particles has important implications for their behavior in aquatic environments, soils, sewage sludge, and other solid materials and their removal or concentration by water treatment processes. Current state of knowledge on the potential of wastewater surveillance to understand the COVID-19 pandemic is reviewed. This study also identified wastewater irrigation systems with a higher risk of COVID-19 transmission. Emphasis was placed on methodologies for the detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater.
Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; Treatment methods; Wastewater surveillance; Wastewater treatment plants.
. 2021 Jan 10;751:142325.
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142325. Epub 2020 Sep 10.
Review on the contamination of wastewater by COVID-19 virus: Impact and treatment
S Lahrich[SUP] 1 [/SUP], F Laghrib[SUP] 1 [/SUP], A Farahi[SUP] 2 [/SUP], M Bakasse[SUP] 3 [/SUP], S Saqrane[SUP] 1 [/SUP], M A El Mhammedi[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33182015
- DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142325
Abstract
Emerging viruses are a major public health problem. Most zoonotic pathogens originate in wildlife, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), influenza, Ebola, and coronavirus. Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus called SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV). Viruses are charged colloidal particles that have the ability to adsorb on surfaces depending on pH. Their sorptive interaction with solid particles has important implications for their behavior in aquatic environments, soils, sewage sludge, and other solid materials and their removal or concentration by water treatment processes. Current state of knowledge on the potential of wastewater surveillance to understand the COVID-19 pandemic is reviewed. This study also identified wastewater irrigation systems with a higher risk of COVID-19 transmission. Emphasis was placed on methodologies for the detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater.
Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; Treatment methods; Wastewater surveillance; Wastewater treatment plants.