Spatial and Temporal Trends of SARS-CoV-2 RNA from Wastewater Treatment Plants over 6 Weeks in Cape Town, South Africa
| Autor: | Tarylee Reddy, Johan Louw, Angela Mathee, Renée A. Street, Swastika Surujlal-Naicker, Noluxabiso Mangwana, Natacha Berkowitz, Candice Webster, Stephanie Dias, Nomfundo T. Mahlangeni, Mokaba Shirley Malema, Mongezi Mdhluli, Christo J. F. Muller, Ludwig Brocker, Jyoti R. Sharma, Rabia Johnson, Sizwe Nkambule, Pritika Ramharack, Huub C. Gelderblom, Glenda Gray |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Veterinary medicine
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) SARS-CoV-2 Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health RNA virus diseases COVID-19 environmental epidemiology Article Water Purification South Africa Geography Wastewater Cape Western cape Humans RNA Viral Early warning system Medicine Sewage treatment wastewater |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 12085, p 12085 (2021) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 18 Issue 22 |
| ISSN: | 1661-7827 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | Recent scientific trends have revealed that the collection and analysis of data on the occurrence and fate of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater may serve as an early warning system for COVID-19. In South Africa, the first COVID-19 epicenter emerged in the Western Cape Province. The City of Cape Town, located in the Western Cape Province, has approximately 4 million inhabitants. This study reports on the monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the wastewater of the City of Cape Town’s wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) during the peak of the epidemic. During this period, the highest overall median viral RNA signal was observed in week 1 (9200 RNA copies/mL) and declined to 127 copies/mL in week 6. The overall decrease in the amount of detected viral SARS-CoV-2 RNA over the 6-week study period was associated with a declining number of newly identified COVID-19 cases in the city. The SARS-CoV-2 early warning system has now been established to detect future waves of COVID-19. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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