Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Communities Through Wastewater Surveillance—a Potential Approach for Estimation of Disease Burden
Year: 2021
Type: review
Abstract: The episodic outbreak of COVID-19 due to SARS-CoV-2 is severely affecting the economy, and the global count of infected patients is increasing. The actual number of patients had been underestimated due to limited facilities for testing as well as asymptomatic nature of the expression of COVID-19 on individual basis. Tragically, for emerging economies with high population density, the situation has been more complex due to insufficient testing facilities for diagnosis of the disease. However, the recent reports about persistent shedding of viral RNA of SARS-CoV-2 in the human feces have created a possibility to track the prevalence and trends of the disease in communities, known as wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE). In this article, we highlight the current limitations and future prospects for WBE to manage pandemics.
Source: Current Pollution Reports
Authors: Prosun Bhattacharya, Manish Kumar, Md. Tahmidul Islam, Rehnuma Haque, Sudip Chakraborty, Arslan Ahmad, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Zeynep Cetecioglu, David Nilsson, Julian Ijumulana, Tom van der Voorn, Md. Jakariya, Maqsud Hossain, Firoz Ahmed, Mahbubur Rahman, Nargis Akter, Dara Johnston, Kazi Matin Ahmed
Institutions: KWR Water Research Institute, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, University of Calabria, Wageningen University & Research, University of Southern Queensland, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Osnabrück University, North South University, Noakhali Science and Technology University, United Nations Children's Fund, University of Dhaka
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,860
OpenAlex ID: W3148680464