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SARS-CoV-2 in Human Sewage and River Water from a Remote and Vulnerable Area as a Surveillance Tool in Brazil by Gislaine Fongaro; Paula Rogovski; Beatriz Pereira Savi; Rafael Dorighello Cadamuro; Juliana Virgínia Faria Pereira; Iago Hashimoto Sant Anna; Ivan Henrique Rodrigues; Doris Sobral Marques Souza; Edgard Gregory Torres Saravia; David Rodríguez-Lázaro; Maria Célia da Silva Lanna is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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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 × 10 4 virus genome copies (GC)/mL and 4.3 × 10 4 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 × 10 2 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.
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- Author
- Gislaine Fongaro; Paula Rogovski; Beatriz Pereira Savi; Rafael Dorighello Cadamuro; Juliana Virgínia Faria Pereira; Iago Hashimoto Sant Anna; Ivan Henrique Rodrigues; Doris Sobral Marques Souza; Edgard Gregory Torres Saravia; David Rodríguez-Lázaro; Maria Célia da Silva Lanna
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)