Sewage surveillance system using urological wastewater: Key to COVID-19 monitoring?

Autor: de Jong FC; Department of Urology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands., GeurtsvanKessel CH; Department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands., Molenkamp R; Department of Viroscience, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands., Bangma CH; Department of Urology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands., Zuiverloon TCM; Department of Urology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: t.zuiverloon@erasmusmc.nl.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Urologic oncology [Urol Oncol] 2023 Feb; Vol. 41 (2), pp. 70-75. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Oct 13.
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2020.10.008
Abstrakt: Since December 2019, the emergence of a new Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome- coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has led to a global coronavirus pandemic disease (COVID-19), with devastating consequences for all healthcare worldwide, including urological care. COVID-19 has led to concern among urological healthcare workers about viral presence, detection and routes of transmission during routine clinical practice. The potential presence of (active) virus in bodily fluids of COVID-19 patients remains a continuing topic of debate. Therefore, we highlight viral detection methods and review the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in urine, feces, and semen. Finally, we discuss how excretion of virus particles through urological bodily fluids might be pivotal to epidemiologic monitoring and control of the disease.
(Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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