Anthropogenic Sewage Water Circuit as Vector for Sars-CoV-2 Viral ARN Transport and Public Health Assessment, Monitoring and Forecasting—Sibiu Metropolitan Area (Transylvania/Romania) Study Case
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15460379 |
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| Authors | Ioana Boeraș (0000-0002-1952-5654, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu), Angela Curtean–Bănăduc (0000-0002-5567-8009, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu), Angela Curtean-Bănăduc (Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu), Doru Bănăduc (0000-0003-0862-1437, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, corresponding author), Gabriela Cioca (0000-0003-1165-1389, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 18 |
| Pages | 11725-11725 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph191811725 |
| PMID | 36141997 |
| OpenAlex | W4296351726 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 47 |
Water is a risk factor for epidemics of waterborne diseases with effects on human health. In 2019, new viral pneumonia cases occurred in China and spread worldwide. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility and accuracy of a wastewater-based epidemiological (WBE) monitoring tool in a SARS-CoV-2 hot spot (Sibiu City metropolitan area), namely to highlight the correlation between the number of infections on the days of sampling and the amount of viral RNA detected in wastewater. Wastewater samples were collected once a week, and viral RNA was extracted and quantified. In parallel, the daily number of SARS-CoV-2 infections was obtained from the local council. The correlation between the number of infections and viruses detected in sewage was measured by Pearson correlation coefficients. The results show the amount of viral RNA in the wastewater is directly correlated with the number of infections reported in the week up to the sampling day and also the number of infections reported for the sampling day. Moreover, correlation coefficients show the amount of viral RNA in wastewater increases in advance of the increase in reported infection cases. Therefore, WBE can be used as a tool for monitoring virus spread trends in human communities and can help anticipate the trend of this type of viral infection
Biology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Environmental health · Metropolitan area · Sampling (signal processing · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Sewage · Sewage treatment · Systematic sampling · Veterinary medicine · Wastewater · Biosensors and Analytical Detection · Environmental Science · Medicine · SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research · SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing · Environmental Engineering · Internal Medicine · Virology
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