Identification of sampling points for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in the sewage system

Development of a computational model to inform environmental surveillance sampling plans for Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi in wastewater

“…If no maps or shapefiles exist for a community, it is possible to produce a system map and inputs for Table 1 via analysis of open-source satellite imagery of street maps in order to create a theoretical map of community wastewater networks, which commonly coincide with road infrastructure [ 22 ]. A manually prepared map using road networks would require an estimate of flow direction.…”

When case reporting becomes untenable: Can sewer networks tell us where COVID-19 transmission occurs?

“…Sampling upstream has the potential to identify disease hotspots within a larger area, which enables monitoring localized disease transmission and targeted public health interventions ( Haak et al, 2022 , Li et al, 2022 ). Unlike sampling at wastewater treatment facilities, sample collection at community sites across the sewer network is more complicated and requires more strategic sampling design in order to optimize the value of information and guide interpretation of the results ( Wang et al, 2020 , Wang et al, 2012 , McCall et al, 2017 , Larson et al, 2020 , Calle et al, 2021 , Domokos et al, 2022 ).…”

Shedding light on the toxicity of SARS-CoV-2-derived peptide in non-target COVID-19 organisms: A study involving inbred and outbred mice

“…Although the pandemic situation has significantly improved air quality ( Agarwal et al, 2021 ), reduces greenhouse gases emission ( Kumar et al, 2022 ), reduces the pressure on the tourist destinations (which may assist with the restoration of the ecological system) ( Gössling et al, 2020 ), the increase of plastic ( Silva et al, 2021 ) and medical wastes ( Parikh & Rawtani, 2022 ), haphazard use and disposal of disinfectants, mask, and gloves ( Amuah et al, 2022 ); and burden of untreated wastes ( Rume, Islam 2020 ), imply significant environmental risks. If this were not enough, the detection of viral particles of SARS-CoV-2 in aquatic environments, especially from domestic and hospital sewage ( Gonçalves et al, 2021 , Achak et al, 2021 , Crank et al, 2022 , Amoah et al, 2022 , Domokos et al, 2022 , Galani et al, 2022 ), has imposed new challenges on environmental and health managers. These studies raise not only the possibility of river resources acting as secondary sources of transmission of the disease among individuals ( Liu et al, 2020 , Giacobbo et al, 2021 , Thakur et al, 2021 ), as well as warn about the potential threat of the dispersion of the new coronavirus or its fragments to the biota ( Charlie-Silva & Malafaia, 2022 ).…”