SARS-CoV-2 in Human Sewage and River Water from a Remote and Vulnerable Area as a Surveillance Tool in Brazil.

Autor: Fongaro, Gislaine, Rogovski, Paula, Savi, Beatriz Pereira, Cadamuro, Rafael Dorighello, Pereira, Juliana Virgínia Faria, Anna, Iago Hashimoto Sant, Rodrigues, Ivan Henrique, Souza, Doris Sobral Marques, Saravia, Edgard Gregory Torres, Rodríguez-Lázaro, David, da Silva Lanna, Maria Célia
Zdroj: Food & Environmental Virology; Dec2022, Vol. 14 Issue 4, p417-420, 4p
Abstrakt: In the present study, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was monitored in environmental samples from rural and vulnerable areas (a presidio, worker accommodation units, and river waters upstream and downstream of a rural community) from Minas Gerais State region, Southern Brazil, in August 2020. The sampling was performed prior to official declaration of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in those sites. SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in the presidio and workers accommodation units (3.0 × 104 virus genome copies (GC)/mL and 4.3 × 104 GC/mL of sewage, respectively). While SARS-CoV-2 was not detected in the river water upstream of the rural community, SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in downstream river waters (1.1 × 102 SARS-CoV-2 GC/mL). The results obtained in this study highlight the utility of SARS-CoV-2 monitoring in wastewater and human sewage as a non-invasive early warning tool to support health surveillance in vulnerable and remote areas, particularly in development countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index
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